Joaquim Palay i Jaurés (1855–1928) was a Spanish industrialist and politician born in Uruguay, who was mayor of Badalona twice (1894–1895 and 1897–1898). Born in 1855 in Montevideo. He was son of Pere Palay and Antònia Jaurés, a couple from Catalonia who emigrated to Uruguay. They returned in 1858 and established the first cookie factory of Spain in Badalona. Joaquim was put in charge of the business along his brother Emili in 1889 and enjoyed a good period of solds thank to the high demand of the Spanish colonies in America, however with its lost in 1898 the factory had losses and closed at the beginning of the new century.