# Alejandro Agag

Alejandro Tarik Agag Longo (born 18 September 1970, in Madrid) is a Spanish businessman and former politician, based in London as the Chairman of Addax Capital LLP. == Early life and education == Born to an Algerian-Belgian father Youssef Agag, who was a banker, and a Spanish mother, Soledad Longo Álvarez de Soto Mayor, Agag enjoyed an international upbringing in Madrid, including primary and secondary schooling at the Colegio Retamar, Pozuelo de Alarcón, a fee-paying school belonging to the Opus Dei, an ultra-conservative Catholic movement, Paris and New York. Agag graduated with a degree in Economics and Business studies from the Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros (CUNEF) in Madrid, a private entity financed by the Spanish banks, and is fluent in four languages, Spanish, English, French and Italian. == Political career == Agag's political career began when, at the early age of 18, he became a member of Nuevas Generaciones (NNGG), the youth organization of the main center-right Spanish party Partido Popular, which at the time was in the opposition.