(유럽) 코로나 창업자가 고향주민 모두에게 유산 남겼다는 소식은 오보(誤報)

출처: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/corona-beer-founder-will-villagers-money-spain-mexico-antonino-fernandez-a7438596.html

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한국에 소개된 최초의 연합뉴스 기사에 의하면, "코로나 맥주를 만든 스페인 출신 기업인이 가난한 고향마을 주민 모두 백만장자로 만들어주고 세상을 떠났다." 그런데 이 기사가 실렸다는 영국의 Telegraph에 가보니까, 해당 기사가 삭제된 상태다. 더 인터넷을 검색해보니, 영국의 independent에 이하에 소개된 관련 기사가 떴는데, 그 내용은 코로나 맥주를 창설한 기업가는 실제로 그 마을 주민들 모두에게 남겨준 게 아니다는 내용이다. 맨처음 한국기사를 볼 때도 의구심이 들었는데, 결국은 역시나 세상의 어느 자본가가 자기 돈을 남에게 줄 수 있겠는가?

Corona founder didn't actually leave all his money to us, village residents confirm

'It’s simply not true, unfortunately,' said one resident of the town. But the hamlet does owe a huge debt to Mr Fernandez

• Andrew Griffin 
• @_andrew_griffin 
• 2 hours  ago

Bottles of Corona beer, the flagship brand of Group Modelo, are seen in Mexico City REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo

The founder of Corona didn't actually make everyone in his hometown a millionaire. But that doesn't mean that they're not very grateful.

This week, a story flew around the internet that Antonino Fernandez, the billionaire founder of the brewery who died this year, had left €2 million to every person in his home village. The story was reported by many major UK news organisations, including The Independent, the BBC and the Press Association, as well as internationally – but it wasn't strictly true.

But those people in the village have said that the story has got "completely out of hand", and that they're not actually millionaires. They haven't received any money directly from Mr Fernandez, they said.

But Mr Fernandez did leave a huge amount of money with his hometown, and has paid for everything from cultural institutions to churches. And he did leave money to his family in Spain, who visit the village every year and help to keep its economy going.

“It’s simply not true, unfortunately,” said Lucia Alaejos from the Fundación Cerezales Antonino y Cinia, a cultural centre that was founded in the village with the benefit of money from the foundations.

"It seems someone got the wrong end of the stick and the story has just grown and grown," she told the Local Spain. "It’s got completely out of hand.”

Rather than going to people in the vilage, Mr Fernandez, who had no children of his own, actually left a huge part of his fortune to the descendents of his siblings. As one child of 13, the Corona founder had a large number of nieces and nephews, and so did help to make a large number of them rich.

“Many of them still visit for some months each summer, so it is great for the village and keeps it alive,” Ms Alaejos told the Local. “But the villagers won’t be sharing in that inheritance directly.”