Even though it took him 24 years, Bayer Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro always wanted to be a sports executive.
Carro, 60, a Spaniard by birth but a German by adoption, was an executive at the Gütersloh-based media giant Bertlesmann, controlled by the billionaire Mohn family. There, he rose the ranks rather quickly by his telling. Carro said he was placed into a management role just five months into his tenure before eventually departing for his dream job as the CEO of a professional soccer team.
