Arturo Galvan

Arturo is a seasoned technology entrepreneur who has been leading the development of the digital industry in Latin America for 30 years. Arturo is currently in charge of defining and executing the growth strategy of his latest company, Naranya, in Latin America establishing the first Mobile Ecosystem designed for the realities of the emerging markets through its core platforms: Naranya Pay (a micropayment platform enabling consumers to use its mobile phone account as a digital currency), Naranya Market (a Mobile marketplace for digital goods), Naranya Ads (an innovative on-device Mobile advertising network) and Naranya Marketing (a Demand Side Programmatic Ad platform). As a serial entrepreneur, Arturo launched the first online service in the spanish speaking world in 1988, the first real time financial information service in LatAm in 1990, the first Internet company in Latin America in 1995, and the first IPO of a latinamerican dotcom company in 1999. For all his acomplishments in the digital industry, Arturo was named by the Wall Street Journal as the "Apostle of the Internet" in LatAm. Arturo was named "Endeavor Entrepreneur" in 2011 and nominated to the "2012 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year" and the "2013 Endeavor Entrepreneur of the Year" awards. He is also Board Member of several organizations of institutions such as the Movimiento STEM, Unreasonable Institute and Endeavor where he is mostly working on building a network to support young entrepreneurs in Mexico and Latin America. As an Angel Investor, Arturo has invested in more than 10 tech startups from Latin America. A Wine Connoisseur, loves Travelling (specially through Spain), Fine Gastronomy and the Outdoors.

• CUM
  • Bachiller
• Stanford University Graduate School of Business
  • Stanford Endeavor Leadership Program
• Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • LSCA
  • Business Administration & Computer Sciences
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• Unreasonable Mexico
  • Board Member
  • Unreasonable Institute
• Movimiento STEM
  • Board Member
  • Movimiento STEM
• Naranya Labs
  • Founder
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Naranya
• Founder & CEO
MEF Mobile
• Vice Chairman
• Latin America
Instituto Superior para el Desarrollo de Internet (Spain)
• Board Member
• Master Internet Business
Consejo de Software de Nuevo León (CSoft)
• Vice President
Endeavor
• Board Member
• Endeavor México
Yogome Inc.
• Inversor
ITESM
• Board Member
• Enlace E+ E
Endeavor Mexico
• 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year nomination
Infosel
• Co-Founder & CEO
Endeavor
• Entrepreneur
Ernst & Young
• 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year nomination
Grupo Reforma
• CTO
Terra Networks
• Co-Founder & Managing Director
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