They say fate is full of coincidences, and BBVA's hostile takeover bid for Banc Sabadell is no exception. The thread that opened the door to the Vallecas-based bank for multimillionaire David Martínez Guzmán (Monterrey, 1957) in 2013 is the same thread that today leads him to an exit from Sabadell's shareholding, at least as we know it now: none other than BBVA. The Mexican investor landed at Sabadell thanks to Jaume Guardiola when he was CEO of the Catalan bank. But they had known each other before. Specifically, from the time when Guardiola was Vice President and General Manager of BBVA Bancomer in Mexico. At that time, Martínez was already one of Mexico's largest fortunes and a renowned investor, something that Guardiola did not overlook when, years later, and already within Sabadell, he sought strong investors who could strengthen the bank's solvency through a capital increase, just after acquiring CAM.