Pedro Rodríguez-Ponga y Salamanca holds a degree in Economic Sciences from the Complutense University in Madrid and a doctorate from Bologna University. He has also studied Law and has a degree in Mathematical Sciences. After working as a senior state statistician and stock market broker in Madrid (both by competitive examination), he later became a notary public of Madrid, currently on extended leave of absence. As an independent researcher into history and art, he collaborated with the Real Academia de la Historia on the Diccionario biográfico español, for which he wrote 48 entries.