Diego Hidalgo Schnur (born 5 November 1942) is a Spanish philanthropist, intellectual and businessman.
[6] He took part in the foundation of PRISA, the main Spanish media group and one of the most important in Spain.
He currently sits on the board of PRISA, as well as the daily El País since 1980 and the radio channel Cadena SER since 1984.
[1] He is the founder and presently honorary president of FRIDE, (Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior), of the Club of Madrid, an association of more than seventy former democratically elected heads of State and Government, the CITPax (International Toledo Center for Peace) and the Fundacio Maimona.
He has published books as El futuro de españa Taurus 1996 (the future of Spain), in the top 10 best sellers in Spain during 23 weeks and Europa, Globalización y Unión Monetaria (Europe, Globalization and Monetary Union) Siddarth Mehta, 1998.