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Martin Varsavsky

Founder of Gameto

Alcobendas, Community of Madrid

Overview

Work Experience

  • Founder & Chairman

    2021 - Current

    Gameto is a new breed of biotechnology company focused on understanding and eliminating infertility and menopause.

  • Founder & CEO

    2018

  • Founder & Chairman

    2017

    Overture is a company that will revolutionize embryology equipment.

  • Chairman and Founder

    2015

  • Chairman

    2006 - 2016

  • CEO

    2006 - 2015

    I founded the company in 2005, came up with the patented invention of the global federation of routers who share WiFi and the concept that if you share WiFi at home you can roam the world for free connecting to other people who do the same. Fon has grown to be the largest WiFi network in the world. As of January of 2014 we had 12.3 million active hotspots. Our investors are a phenomenal global group including Google Index Atomico Sequoia Microsoft BT DT and lately Qualcomm.

  • CEO

    1999 - 2003

    In 1998 I started Jazztel, now Spain's second largest publicly traded telecom operator.

  • CEO

    1990 - 1997

    I founded Viatel in 1990 on the back of Call Back, an invention of mine that allowed international phone calls to be routed via the USA. In 1996 I came up with the idea of building the first privately owned Pan European fiber optic network. Overall invested $200K in the company and when I sold my shares in 1999 Viatel was worth $1.2bn

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