Carlos March Delgado is a Spanish billionaire businessman, co-owner of Banca March, and a key shareholder in the publicly listed holding company, Corporación Financiera Alba (CFA). He is the grandson of the founder, Juan March Ordinas, a controversial but legendary Spanish financier and arms smuggler who founded the bank in 1926.

Carlos and his brother, Juan March Delgado, represent the third generation of the controlling family. Carlos’s background is one of elite finance and generational stewardship, trained to manage the complexities of a private merchant bank and a diversified industrial holding. His career has been dedicated to ensuring the bank’s stability, ethical governance, and strategic growth across specialized niches.

Carlos March Delgado's career is defined by his role as a key leader in the family's dual corporate structure. He and his siblings collectively own 100 percent of Banca March, the only Spanish financial institution that has remained wholly family-owned since its inception in 1926. Banca March's business model is unique, focusing on high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, and family businesses.

His influence is also structural at Corporación Financiera Alba (CFA), a publicly listed industrial investment holding company in which Banca March holds a significant stake. CFA focuses on stable, long-term investments in sector leaders across Spain (e.g., Acerinox, Naturgy). Carlos March Delgado has been instrumental in guiding the bank's strategy to prioritize solvency and stability—a commitment that was highlighted when Banca March was recognized as one of the most solvent banks in Europe during the ECB stress tests. In 2024, Carlos stepped down from his position as Director, marking the handover to the fourth generation, though the family maintains its absolute control over the bank.

Carlos March Delgado's philanthropy is structural and cultural, channeled through the family's vast Fundación Juan March (established in 1955). This foundation is one of Spain's most important cultural and educational institutions, supporting arts, music, and scientific research.

His most visible personal contribution is his work in ensuring the high quality and stability of Banca March, which is a critical provider of tailored financing and advisory services to Spanish family businesses. His commitment to the long-term, conservative management of the bank is a structural contribution to the stability of the Spanish financial system.

Carlos March Delgado maintains the traditional, highly refined style of a Spanish merchant banker and industrial patriarch. His attire is consistently formal and high-quality, favoring bespoke tailored suits and a classic aesthetic. His style reflects the long-standing, conservative prestige of his family's financial empire.

Residing in Spain, his luxury is the autonomy and security derived from controlling the nation's only 100 percent family-owned bank and the high-profile influence over the cultural world through the Fundación Juan March. His life is defined by strategic, long-term financial management and the careful stewardship of a controversial but immense generational legacy.