Fernando Espuelas – Keynote Speaker

The Hispanic Business Showcase is honored to announce the participation of Fernando Espuelas as a Keynote Speaker. Fernando Espuelas is focused on empowering people through media, technology and information. Recognized as one of the Internet’s pioneers by the New York Times, Harvard University and media across the world, Espuelas has been at the forefront of online communities and social networks.

Espuelas is the host and managing editor of Café Espuelas, a radio talkshow broadcast live M-F on 1020 AM, the number 1 rated Spanish language AM station in Los Angeles, part of the Univision Radio Network, and online at www.espuelas.com. Espuelas is a frequent contributor on TV, print and online.

Espuelas founded StarMedia, the first multi-platform digital media company for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking people worldwide. StarMedia transcended national barriers, becoming the most recognized pan-Latin new media brand, eventually serving 25 million people per month. Espuelas went on to raise $500 million dollars for StarMedia in a combination of private and public offerings, including raising the first dollar of venture funding and the first IPO for a Latin Internet company.

The rise of the company was chronicled in the Harvard University Business School case called “StarMedia: Launching a Latin American Revolution”. StarMedia’s market capitalization reached $3.8 billion dollars and is today France Telecom’s market leading Internet operation in the Spanish-speaking world.

Espuelas’ pioneering development of the Latin Internet earned him worldwide recognition. Time magazine honored him as one of the “Leaders of the Millennium,” and he was named a “2000 All-Star” business leader by Crain’s New York Business magazine. The World Economic Forum includes him among its “Global Leaders of Tomorrow,” and he was also a recipient of Latin Trade Magazine’s Bravo award for CEO of the Year. In 2007, he was named a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.

For more information, visit www.espuelas.com

Fernando Espuelas’s Specialties:

academic, political analysis, Internet, broadcast, ceo, .com, branding. management, marketing, networking, new media, public speaking, radio, telecommunications, television, video, media.