Martin Varsavsky
Member of the Supervisory Board
Administration
Axel Springer
Germany
Biography
Martin Varsavsky is an Argentine/Spanish entrepreneur and founder of seven companies. Martin received his BA from New York University and holds an MA in International Affairs and an MA in Business Administration from Columbia University. In 1998 he started Jazztel Telecomunicaciones, Spain’s second largest publicly traded telecom operator. In 1999 he founded Ya.com, Spain’s third largest Internet web site/DSL provider that includes the second largest Spanish language web agency. Martin is currently the largest shareholder and Chairman of Fon. Founded in November 2005, Fon is a community-empowered company dedicated to building the world’s largest global Wifi network bottom up, spreading the power of Wifi around the world. Fon became the largest Wifi community with over 20 million hotspots worldwide. Martin's current venture is Prelude Fertility, a company that wants to transform the infertility industry into the fertility industry and help people have healthy babies whenever they are ready. Martin Varsavsky also engages in not for profit activities, is an active blogger and a participant in the LinkedIn Influencer Program. He is a frequent speaker at conferences around the world. Since April 2014, Martin is a member of the Supervisory Board of Axel Springer SE. He also teaches Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School and runs the Varsavsky Foundation best known for its projects to improve education in Argentina and Chile, Educ.ar and Educ.ar Chile.
Research Interest
Business Development
