The Galician businessman Fernando Fernández Tapias died at the age of 84 this Wednesday, as confirmed by his great friend Carlos Herrera on his morning radio show. The man from Vigo was one of the best-known faces in the business world, also due to his appearances in the gossip press.
Fernández Tapias was married to Nuria González for more than two decades, with whom he married for the third time. From the beginning of their relationship, the businesswoman acted as protector and unconditional support of Tapias, with whom she had two children, Iván (20) and Alma (16), who today also mourn her father.
Always very discreet, Fefé's wife, as she became known at the height of her fame in the coated paper in the 90s for her romance with the model Mar Flores; She remained in the background during the 21 years they were married. In recent years, she was the one who stayed by her side, after the businessman's health weakened since the pandemic. The causes of her death have not been detailed, but her coronary problems, which she had had for years, led her to undergo surgery more than once. She also has seven stents implanted in her heart, according to Informalia.
Fernández Tapia and Nuria González married on October 14, 2002 after four years of relationship, in an intimate ceremony held in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) attended by only a few very select guests, such as the closest friends of the family. businesswoman: Isabel Preysler, Cari Lapique, Eugenia Martínez de Irujo, Marisa de Borbón or Terelu Campos. A wedding of which hardly any details are known over the years.
The marriage became one of the most consolidated and solid in Spanish society. With Nuria González, the businessman frequented presentations, events and other events in which he was photographed and for which he appeared in gossip magazines, where his wife frequently occupied the covers thanks to her elegance and style.
Nuria has been a model, presenter and has collaborated on television shows. However, she left everything in the early 2000s to start a family with the businessman.
However, the couple's happiness has always been clouded by complicated relationships with the businessman's family. From his first marriage to Victoria Riva Luna he had his first four children: Fernando (56), Iñigo (53), Borja (55) and Bosco, who disappeared in 2010, at the age of 40. His body was found two years later by the Civil Guard in Lanzarote. With his second wife, Juana García-Courel Mendoza, he brought two other children into the world, Alejandra "Sandra" (39) and Juan Carlos "Tito".
Nuria González has always tried to act as a link between the family, being the one who tried to calm the waters between all of them whenever there was a disagreement.
However, the war escalated in 2020, when the five tried to incapacitate the shipowner through the courts, alleging that he did not have the capacity to make business decisions due to his advanced age. Something for which Justice did not agree.
This decision by his older children caused the parent-child relationship to break down. The businessman's two young children, the result of his marriage to Nuria, have managed to stay completely out of this whole situation. Today, Nuria González is the representative of seven of the shipping company's companies - managing hundreds of millions in the businessman's assets - and, therefore, a guarantee for the interests of her two children for the future.
The businesswoman is very proud of her two children. Iván studies at the prestigious University College of Financial Studies of Madrid (CUNEF). Alma, the youngest, continues with her school education.
