Carlos Cardona
Born
Carlos Alberto Cardona Ospina

(1974-03-07) 7 March 1974 (age 49)
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

Professional recognition

References

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