Carlos Cardona
| Carlos Cardona | |
|---|---|
 Carlos Cardona in 2009. | |
| Born |
Carlos Alberto Cardona Ospina 7 March 1974 Pereira, Colombia |
| Residence | Miami, United States |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Partner(s) | Humberto Gomez |
Carlos Cardona (born 7 March 1974) is a Colombian internet entrepreneur best known for his Web 1.0 star-up Yupi Internet. He started his first company at the age of 18. His company went on to raise US $150 million from venture capitalists including Sony, Comcast and News Corp. Later sold to a joint venture between Microsoft and Telmex after the Dot-com bubble crash.
Internet entrepreneur
- Founder of several start-ups including Yupi Internet (Yupi.com) (later sold to Microsoft / Telmex) Now latino.msn.com[1]
- Co-Founder of Welltok Inc
Professional recognition
- Carlos Cardona, influential Hispanic for 2000 - HispanicBusiness.com[2]
- Received both 1999 and 2000 Hispanic Entrepreneur Award “100 Most Influential Hispanics” by Hispanic Magazine, sponsored by IBM.[3]
- Need an Internet Expert for Y2K? Carlos Cardona, Founder and CTO of Yupi.com Prnewswire.com[4]
- Newsweek: Critical Mas: 20 For 2000[5]
- Newsweek: Latin U.S.A.: How Young Hispanics Are Changing America[6]
- Carlos Slim (Telmex) and Bill Gates (Microsoft) buy Yupi.com *Spanish[7]
- Microsoft Press: Microsoft and Telmex Joint Venture, T1msn, to Acquire Yupi Internet[8]
- Microsoft Press: Getting in the Head of 26,000 YupiMSN Users[9]
- Microsoft Press: YupiMSN Introduces MSN Explorer in Spanish[10]
- New York Times: Business; "What they are reading"[11]
References
- ↑ http://latino.msn.com/
- ↑ http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/influentials/details.asp?id=122&year=2000
- ↑ http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/influentials/details.asp?id=122&year=2000
- ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-29-1999/0001104783&EDATE=
- ↑ http://www.newsweek.com/id/88900/page/2
- ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-03-1999/0000975520&EDATE=#
- ↑ http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=6474&tabla=primera
- ↑ http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/jun01/06-21yupipr.mspx
- ↑ http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2002/jun02/06-10searchyupimsnpr.mspx
- ↑ http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/aug01/08-23yupiexplorerpr.mspx
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/12/business/business-what-they-re-reading.html
External links
- Carlos Cardona - personal web site
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