Pablo Larguía
Founder, La Red Innova & Co-founder, Weemba
Pablo is the founder of La Red Innova, the community of innovation, internet and entrepreneurial spirit, where Latin America shares their experiences, ideas and projects with the world. La Red Innova organizes various meetings for its community around the world, the first ones having been held in Madrid, Punta del Este and Brazil. La Red Innova is supported by Telefónica, BBVA, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle, PayPal, Prisa Group, the City Council of Madrid and the Ministry of Industry of Spain, among other companies and institutions.
Pablo is both co-founder of Weemba, the innovative lending negotiatons platform in the USA, Spain and Argentina.
He is also a shareholder of Sonico (FNBOX), the leading online social network in Latin America.
Prior to these activities he was involved in the production of films, television and theater, managing three theaters in Madrid and participating in exhibitions and productions such as Art, Closer, Stomp, Tricicle and Joaquin Cortés. His productions have won numerous awards at film festivals such as the San Sebastián International Film Festival and the Spanish Academy’s Goya Awards.
Pablo began his professional career as co-founder of Bumeran.com, the leading online recruitment and HR portal in Latin America.
Pablo holds a Bachelor in Business Economics from the University Di Tella and the University of Illinois, and is a board member of the Economic and Social Council of the University Torcuato di Tella.
In turn, Pablo has been invited as a speaker on topics related to internet and entrepreneurs in various forums such as the World Economic Forum Latin America Summit (Rio de Janeiro), LeWeb Start Up Competition (París), Kinnernet (Tel Aviv), Internet Meet Up (New York), IE Business School and Casa America Festival (Madrid) and Endeavor conferences (Buenos Aires), among others.
He has been recognized by the JCI (Junior Chamber International, JCI.CC) with the TOYP award (The Outstanding Young Person), and by the city of Madrid, in the program “Ambassadors of the City of Madrid”.
Pablo works actively with the Junior Achievement Foundation and the Endeavor Foundation. Pablo practices Bikram Yoga and highly recommends you try it out at the Bikram center in your city.
You can follow him on twitter @pablolarguia
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