Outside scrutiny is not something that El Corte Ingles is used to. Europe's largest department-store chain, with annual sales of more than €14.5 billion ($18.5 billion), has until now been entirely in the hands of relatives of its founder, Ramon Areces, and of employees. However, a row has burst into the open over its board's recent decision to sell a 10% stake to a Qa-tari investor for €1 billion. El Corte Ingles joins a steady stream of debt-burdened Spanish companies that have brought in new investors to repair their balance-sheets. The retailer will remain in the grip of the family: its boss, 39-year-old Dimas Gimeno, took over last year from his long-serving uncle. But its new shareholder, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jas-sim Al Thani, a former prime minister of Qatar, will get a seat on the board.
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机译：外部审查不是El Corte Ingles所习惯的。欧洲最大的百货连锁店，年销售额超过145亿欧元（合185亿美元），直到现在完全由其创始人拉蒙·阿雷切斯（Ramon Areces）的亲属和员工掌握。但是，董事会最近决定以10亿欧元的价格将10％的股份出售给卡塔尔投资者，这引起了一片争执。 El Corte Ingles加入了源源不断的债务沉重的西班牙公司，这些公司吸引了新的投资者来修复其资产负债表。这家零售商将继续受到家庭的控制：其老板，39岁的迪马斯·吉梅诺（Dimas Gimeno）去年从其长期服务的叔叔手中接任。但其新股东卡塔尔前总理谢赫·哈马德·本·贾斯西姆·阿萨尼（Sheikh Hamad Bin Jas-sim Al Thani）将获得董事会席位。
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