TOP 20 LATINO TECH LEADERS IN THE US​

The Current & Next Generation of Industry Leaders
Marcelo Claure
COO, SoftBank International
$100 Billion Vision Fund
Roy Sosa
Founding Partner,
​MPOWER Ventures
$1.4B Exit of Netspend
Bismarck Lepe 
​President & CEO
of Wizeline
Frmr CEO, Ooyala,
($400M exit)
Miriam Rivera
Partner, Bay Area Growth Fund
Co-founder, ULU Ventures 
​$100M Fund
Joe Fernandez
Co-founder and CEO, Joymode 
Sold Klout to Lithium Tech for $200 million
Nicole Sanchez
 Investment Partner, XFactor Ventures
Harvard Business School, MBA
James Gutierrez
CEO Insikt and Founder, Oportun
$250M raised
Ricardo Garcia-Amaya
Founder & CEO, VOIQ
YCombinator, $3.5M Raised 
Founder, Top 20 Latino Tech Leaders ​
NYU Stern MBA
Luis Von Ahn
CEO & Co-Founder, Duolingo
Series C $20M
Andrés Moreno
Founder & CEO, Open English & Next University
Raised over $120M in VC​
Carolina Huaranca
Principal at KaporCSI
The Wharton School, MBA
Alexander Torrenegra
Co-founder/CEO, 
Torre & Bunny Inc.
Co-founder, Torrenegra Labs, "top immigrant-owned startup in the US" - Forbes
Pedro Torres Picon
Founder & Managing Director of Quotidian Ventures
Invested in over 50 technology startups in NYC
María Salamanca
Senior Associate @
​Unshackled Ventures
($30M found)
Daniel Undurraga
Founder & CTO, Cornershop
($400M Exit to Walmart)
Fmr. Founder & MD, Groupon 
Samuel Ulloa
Co-Founder &
​Board Member at Listo
Stanford University Graduate
​School of Business
Alejandro Garcia-Amaya
CEO Mulu.io
Former Co-founder of Interminds; Largest experiential marketing marketplace 
Jesse Martinez
Co-founder & Co-Chair, 
Latino Startup Alliance
Co-founder & Co-Chair, Avion Ventures MobileMonday
Vanessa Pestritto
Partner, Lattice Ventures
NYU Venture Competition, Mentor Entrepreneurs@Athena
Rami Reyes
Co-founder, NextEquity Partners
Fmr. Principal @ Elevation Partners ($1.9 Billion Fund)
Andres Barreto
Founder of Pulso Social
Fmr, Cofounder Onswipe & Grooveshark. Inc.
Top 30 under 30 (2011)
Wifredo Fernandez
Co-Founding & CEO, Lab Miami
Fmr Founding Director,
​CREATE Miami​
Kety Esquivel
    Principal & Co-founder, Esquivel McCarson Consulting 
Founder of XelerateTech.co
Ariel Poler
Angel Investor in Human Augmentation
San Francisco California​
Wences Casares
Founder & CEO, Xapo
​Board member, Endeavor & Paypal Fmr. Founder & CEO, Lemon.com
Roman Leal
 Partner @LealGlobal Partners
($30M Fund)
Timothy Campos
CIO, Facebook
Fmr. Vice President and CIO, 
​KLA-Tencor
Diego Saez-Gil
Founder of Pachama, Former Co-founder, CEO at Bluesmart
($20M Raised & Exited)
​YC Fellow, Fmr Co-founder, CEO WeHostel
Raul Gutierrez
Founder & CEO, TinyBop
Princeton University
Edrizio de la Cruz
Founder, CEO of Arcus
YC Fellow, Wharton MBA
Tom Chavez
CEO and Co-Founder,
​krux inc.
($1B Exit to Saleforce)
​Harvard University
Jorge Heraud
CEO Blue River
​Blue River Technology  
Stanford University Graduate
​School of Business
Pablo Fuentes
Founder & CEO, Proven
Backed by top US VCs 
Stanford MBA
Lisa Morales-Hellebo
Co-Founder/GP at Refashiond Ventures
Co-Founder of Worldwide Supply Chain Federation
Jeremy Almond
​CEO Paystand 
Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs, MPA ​
Andres García-Amaya
CEO of ZoeFin
(2.5M Raised) Fmr Exec. Director @ JP Morgan Asset Mgmt
​- Wharton MBA
Sean Salas
CEO and Co-Founder of
Camino Financial
Harvard Business School
Kenneth Salas
Chief Operating Officer at Camino Financial
Harvard Business School
Beto Pallares
Camino Financial
The University of Texas
​at El Paso
Marcos Martinez-Villalba 
VC @ Revel Partners
Georgetown University - The McDonough School of Business
Santiago Merea
Co-Founder & CEO, Raised Real
Backed by Google Ventures
 Fast Company´s ¨Who´s Next¨ 2013 Entrepreneur List
Maria Luisa Pineda
Co-Founder, Envisagenics
(raised $4.6M)
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Oscar Rodriguez
SafeBrowsing @ Facebook
Fmr. Head of SafeBrowsing Ops
​@ Google
Felice Gorordo
President & CEO of  L1bre
Co-Founder of Roots of Hope
Appointed by President Obama as one of 15 2011-2012 White House Fellows
Marcos Polanco
Kauffman Fellow,
​Expansive Ventures
Founder of Clearshore​
Frank Ramirez
Co-founder, Product
Manager SixPlus 
Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs, MPA ​
Pau Sabria
 Co-founder, Olapic 
MBA, Columbia
Luis Sanchez
Founder/CEO, ttwick.com
Fmr. SVP Barclays Capital
Mario Tapia
  Partner, Momentum Venture Partners
President of MobileMonday
​Silicon Valley Chapter
Elias Guerra
Founder & CEO of Popwallet
(Raised $2M)
​University of Southern California, MBA
Emanuel Pleitez
Technology Growth Equity Investor Sunstone Partners &
​Trident Capital 
Chair, Board of Dir,
​Hispanic Heritage Foundation