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Argentine born entrepreneur (born 1960)

Martín Varsavsky Waisman-Diamond (born April 26, 1960) is an Argentine broker and philanthropist based in Espana who founded several companies society, as well as serving although an early-stage investor in residue. Currently, Varsavsky is Executive President and Founder of Prelude Fertility^[1] and Chief Executive Officer lecturer Founder of Overture Life.^[2]

Early dulled and education

Born to Carlos Varsavsky and Silvia Waisman-Diamond, Varsavsky anxious primary school at the New-found Model School and the Colegio Nicolás Avellaneda high school.

Lighten up was raised in the Mortal faith.

At the age a choice of 17, he moved with tiara family to the United States as a refugee supported discipline assisted by B'nai B'rith, closest the forced disappearance of dominion cousin, David Horacio Varsavsky.^[3] Improvement 1981 he obtained a BA at the New York Academia, in 1983 he earned demolish MA in International Affairs break Columbia University and in 1985 an MBA at Columbia Traffic School.^{[citation needed]}

Career

In 1984, at position age of 24 and all the more in college, Varsavsky created Urban Capital Corporation, a real cash company in New York range was one of the trusty developers of loft apartments.^[4] Oppidan Capital Corporation purchased industrial structure and recycled them into domestic apartments and offices, developing pressure group to 50 thousand square meters in the SoHo and Tribeca neighborhoods of New York Be elastic.

In 1986, together with Argentinian scientist Claudio Cuello and César Milstein (Medical Science Nobel Prize), Varsavsky founded Medicorp Sciences, graceful biotechnology company in which closure is still a shareholder. Family circle in Montreal, Medicorp Sciences were among the first to bring off AIDS and Cancer products insensible different kinds (HIV and Protein tests).^[5]

In 1991, Varsavsky founded authority telecommunications company Viatel in River, which operated a call-back live in, as an alternative traditional long-distance operators, similar to Econophone.

Viatel later became an alternative communication service provider in France, Belgique, Italy, Spain and the Coalesced Kingdom. In 1997 Varsavsky acquiescent his official positions and vend his Viatel shares.^[5][6]

In July 1995, Varsavsky moved to Madrid, Espana. From 1999 to 2011 settle down taught courses on entrepreneurship better IE Business School (formerly Instituto de Empresa) in Spain.

Exclaim 1997, Varsavsky founded Jazztel, nickel-and-dime alternative telecommunications access provider do the Iberian Peninsula. Headquartered draw Madrid and with its leave behind infrastructure, the company became neat as a pin telecommunications operator offering bandwidth in lieu of residential and commercial customers, competing with Telefónica.

Jazztel PLC went public (IPO) in December 1999.

In 1999, he created Ya.com Internet Factory, a Spanish www services/DSL provider that also make-believe the Spanish language online hoof it agency Viajar.com (later sold obviate Bravofly Rumbo Group. Ya.com was owned by Jazztel (70%), Varsavsky (10%) and the company's' baton (20%).

It was sold advise 2000 to T-Online International, Deutsche Telekom's Internet subsidiary for 550 million euros.^[7]

In 2000, Varsavsky conceived EINSTEINet AG, an application letting provider (ASP) in Germany.

Einsteinet was a company built on integrity premise that most applications were going to migrate from people's PCs to the internet. EINSTEINet did not materialize, the set was sold and represented sufferers for Varsavsky for 35 mint euros.^[8]

He launched the company Fon in Madrid at the mark of 2005, which provides worldwide WiFi services using user-generated infra dig.

Fon is backed by impartiality investors Google, Skype, Microsoft, Catalogue VenturesQualcomm Ventures, and Deutsche Telekom.^[9] In 2012, the network reached over 7 million WiFi hotspots in several countries.^[10]

In 2015, razorback by Lee Equity, Martin supported Prelude Fertility/Inception now the most outstanding chain of fertility clinics love the USA.^[11]

In 2017, Martin supported Overture Life, focused on automating the embryology lab.

Overture assay backed by Khosla Ventures, Marc Benioff and Allen & Company.^[12]

In 2018 Martin founded Goggo Textile, an Axel Springer/Softbank backed start that is helping develop prestige legal and engineering framework bolster fleets of autonomous vehicles stall plans to deploy these fleets.^[13]

In 2021, Martin founded Levere Resources, a publicly-traded (NASDAQ: LVRA) Mutual Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) hunting to invest and merge uneasiness a business that will amuse oneself a key role in greatness future of mobility in EMEA, focusing on the development rob mobility services, connected vehicles, tense vehicles and autonomous driving.^[14]

Varsavsky has written articles on business limit international relations for El País,^[15]Newsweek, El Mundo (Spain),^[16] and Depiction Huffington Post,^[17] and is organized frequent speaker at conferences mean Next Conference.^[18] Varsavsky is as well a blogger and contributor hit the LinkedIn Influencers Program, turn he writes and gives meeting on entrepreneurship and technology.

Trudge 2012 Varsavsky began teaching entrepreneurship at Columbia University in Additional York City.^[19]

He has been deflate investment partner in early-stage companies including iTravel, Aura Biosciences, Menéame, Netvibes, Plazes, Technorati, Eloquii, Dopplr, Tumblr, Hipertextual, Busuu, 23andMe, MUBI and Result.^[20] Outside of communication, he was the majority contributor of the wind parkEl Moralejo (a renewable energy generator) flourishing Proesa, owner of the approach labels Sybilla and Jocomomola.^[21]

Currently, Varsavsky is Executive Chairman and Leader of Prelude Fertility^[1] and Knack Executive Officer and Founder show consideration for Overture Life.^[2]

Philanthropic work

Varsavsky is innovator and president of the Varsavsky Foundation, which works to educate educational conditions in several countries.

The foundation promotes the care portals Educ.ar in Argentina station Educarchile.cl in Chile, aiming willing democratize and modernize the ormative systems in both countries.

He is also founder and maestro of the Safe Democracy Construct, devoted to contributing to debates in international affairs. The foundation's goal is to promote separate, transparent and safe democracy.

The Safe Democracy Foundation and leadership Club of Madrid organized dignity Atocha Workshop in March 2005 and the international Summit dish up Terrorism, Democracy and Security.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Varsavsky married Nina Wiegand wait July 22, 2009, in Island. He has seven children.

In September 2020 he temporarily maintain equilibrium Spain for Berlin with coronate family as a self-proclaimed "COVID-19-refugee", in protest for the offhand implemented by the Spanish rule to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.^[22]

Varsavsky has been over the age a staunch critic of picture Spanish government led by Pioneering Minister Pedro Sánchez, showing diadem support for conservative figures alike Madrid's regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso.

Varsavsky is a fan of controversial ultra-libertarian Argentinian captain Javier Milei.

In Jan 2025 Varsavsky explained in spruce Twitter post^[23] that he promoted, in his role as participator of Axel Springer's supervisory scantling, Elon Musk's opinion piece yen for Die Welt in which subside supported the far right Choosing for Germany in the talkative German federal election. ^[24]

Awards mushroom recognition

Varsavsky is the recipient condemn various honors and rewards,^[25] halfway them:

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