Martin Varsavsky

Martin Varsavsky is a Spanish entrepreneur and founder of seven companies in the past 25 years.

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 also founded Fon 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. In 2017, Martin founded with Axel Springer an investment fund for media start-ups, the Varsavsky Axel Springer GmbH & Co. KG.

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.

Memberships in mandatory supervisory boards in Germany:

§ None

Memberships in comparable boards of business enterprises in Germany and abroad:

§ None

Other significant functions:

§ Goggo networks SL, Spain, Sole Administrator § Jazzya SL, Spain, Sole Administrator § Overture Life, Inc., USA, CEO § Prelude Fertility, Inc., USA, Executive Chairman of the Board

(Status: March 2019)