REAL MADRID CLUB DE FUTBOL

This team is part of soccer royalty in more ways than one. Real Madrid (real means royal in Spanish) is one of Europe's most decorated football teams, boasting a record thirteen European Cups and 33 titles in the Spanish football league, Liga de Fútbol Profesional. Started in 1902, the team (known to supporters as Los Merengues or Los Blancos) draws huge crowds to its Santiago Bernabéu stadium. The Real Madrid operating company, which is a supporter-owned, not-for-profit business, also runs Spanish basketball team Real Madrid Baloncesto. Florentino Perez, who also heads up global engineering firm ACS, is on his second stint as Real Madrid's president, having replaced Ramón Calderón in 2009.