AKIPRESS.COM - The founder of Corona has left £2 million to every single resident of the impoverished Spanish village he grew up in, sparking jubilant celebrations, media reports say.

Antonino Fernández, who died aged 98 in August, left £169 million to the 80 residents of the tiny village of Cerezales del Condado, according to reports.

Maximino Sanchez, the owner of the only bar in the village, told the local newspaper Diario de León: "I do not know what we would have done without Antonino. We used to have no Pesete."

One of 13 children, Fernández was born and brought in the village, which is in the province of Leon, northwest Spain, Telegraph reported.

His family battled poverty, and as a 14-year-old, he had to leave school because his parents could no longer afford it and needed him to work in the fields.

Fernández moved to Mexico in 1949, aged 32, after an invitation from his wife's uncle to work for Grupo Modelo in a warehouse.