Fernando Espuelas Net Worth, Income, Salary, Earnings, Biography

Fernando Espuelas (born August 6, 1966) is an American entrepreneur, novelist, media personality, and philanthropist who is well-known for his work in the entertainment industry.

Espuelas is considered to be one of the early pioneers of the consumer Internet in the United States. Among his accomplishments include being the co-founder (together with Jack Chen) and first CEO of Starmedia, the first pan-Latin Internet site, which was established in 1996 and is now a division of Orange, France Telecom’s Internet services business. Starmedia was the first venture-capital-backed Latin Internet business, as well as the first Latin Internet company to go public via an initial public offering (IPO) in the sector. 

A recent case study published by the Harvard Business School, StarMedia: Launching a Latin American Revolution, asserts that “After sprinting to a commanding lead in the battle for Latin American Internet users, StarMedia was able to maintain its position in the autumn of 1999. Its pan-regional, horizontal site was the first on the Internet to specifically target Spanish- and Portuguese-language users, garnering 1.2 billion page views in the third quarter of 1999, according to the company. Fernando Espuelas, a 33-year-old co-founder of StarMedia, was the toast of “Silicon Alley” and a hero across Latin America until he passed away in December of 2013. 

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