Carlos Cardona

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cardona and the second or maternal family name is Ospina.
Carlos Cardona
Born
Carlos Alberto Cardona Ospina

(1974-03-07) 7 March 1974 (age 50)
Pereira, Colombia
OccupationEntrepreneur

Carlos Cardona (born 7 March 1974) is a Colombian internet entrepreneur best known for his Web 1.0 start-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. Yupi was later sold to a joint venture between Microsoft and Telmex after the Dot-com bubble crash.[1]

Internet entrepreneur[edit]

  • Founder of several start-ups including Yupi Internet (Yupi.com) (later sold to Microsoft / Telmex) Now latino.msn.com[2]
  • Co-founder of Welltok Inc to be acquired by Virgin Pulse

Professional recognition[edit]

  • Carlos Cardona, influential Hispanic for 2000 - HispanicBusiness.com[3]
  • Received both 1999 and 2000 Hispanic Entrepreneur Award “100 Most Influential Hispanics” by Hispanic Magazine, sponsored by IBM.[4]
  • Need an Internet Expert for Y2K? Carlos Cardona, Founder and CTO of Yupi.com Prnewswire.com[5]
  • Newsweek: Critical Mas: 20 For 2000[6]
  • Newsweek: Latin U.S.A.: How Young Hispanics Are Changing America[7]
  • Carlos Slim (Telmex) and Bill Gates (Microsoft) buy Yupi.com *Spanish[8]
  • Microsoft Press: Microsoft and Telmex Joint Venture, T1msn, to Acquire Yupi Internet[9]
  • Microsoft Press: Getting in the Head of 26,000 YupiMSN Users[10]
  • Microsoft Press: YupiMSN Introduces MSN Explorer in Spanish[11]
  • New York Times: Business; "What they are reading"[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Microsoft and Telmex Joint Venture, T1msn, to Acquire Yupi Internet, Accelerating Expansion in U.S. Hispanic Market". Stories. 2001-06-21. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  2. ^ "Outlook, Hotmail, Skype, Videos, Fotos, Traductor, Horóscopos y Música en MSN Latino". Archived from the original on 2014-09-29. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  3. ^ "Carlos Cardona, influential Hispanic for 2000 - HispanicBusiness.com". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  4. ^ "Carlos Cardona, influential Hispanic for 2000 - HispanicBusiness.com". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  5. ^ "All News Releases and Press Releases from PR Newswire".
  6. ^ "Critical Mas: 20 For 2000 | Newsweek.com". www.newsweek.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-27.
  7. ^ "All News Releases and Press Releases from PR Newswire".
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Microsoft and Telmex Joint Venture, T1msn, to Acquire Yupi Internet, Accelerating Expansion in U.S. Hispanic Market: T1msn to Build on MSN's Consumer Reach in United States and Its No. 1 Position in Web-Based E-Mail in Latin America". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  10. ^ "Getting in the Head of 26,000 YupiMSN Users: No TV Please, We're Surfing!". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  11. ^ "YupiMSN Introduces MSN Explorer in Spanish: Unique Blend of Powerful Software and Rich Services Offers Spanish-Speaking Consumers an Optimized New Web Experience". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  12. ^ Tang, Compiled By Alisa (12 December 1999). "Business; What They're Reading". The New York Times.

External links[edit]

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