The Valentín de Madariaga Foundation was established in 2003 in honor of Mr. Valentín Madariaga y Oya (Doctor in Industrial Engineering), a businessman with more than 40 years of professional experience and an outstanding entrepreneur. The Foundation is committed to spreading the legacy of Mr. Valentín Madariaga in the fields of cultural, business and social entrepreneurship.

The Valentín de Madariaga y Oya Foundation honors the memory of the founder of the MP Group and assumes the commitment to disseminate his theoretical legacy (the IMI) and to develop Corporate Social Responsibility activities, particularly in the fields of culture, business and environmental sustainability, subjects that this extraordinary person was passionate about.