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It might be Friday, payday, and a month until Christmas, but the residents of a small village in northern Spain have an even better reason to get the rounds in tonight. Each of the 80 people who live there have just been given £2 million.No, it's not a lottery fluke. It's all because of beer.What a guy.Local Spanish newspaper Diario de León spoke to Cerezales del Condado bar owner, Maximino Sanchez about the windfall. Sanchez said: "I do not know what we would have done without Antonino. We used to have no Pesete [Spain's currency pre-euro]."Fernández started working in the warehouse of Grupo Modelo (a large brewery in Mexico that owns Corona) in 1949 and worked his way up to become CEO, where he held the post from 1971 to 1997. His nephew is now at the helm of the global beer brand.
It was announced yesterday that Antonino Fernández, the former CEO of Mexican beer brand Corona who passed away in August, left £169 million to the people living in his Spanish hometown of Cerezales del Condado.READ MORE: Why It's So Hard to Start a Craft Brewery in Mexico
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During his time as CEO, Fernández also set up schemes in Mexico and Spain to help those with disabilities find jobs.We're sure the residents of Cerezales del Condado will be raising a bottle or two tonight.READ MORE: Meet the Five Women Revolutionising the Craft Beer Game in Mexico