I joined because we, as founders, should contribute a lot more to this World than we are already doing with our companies. More things could be disrupted in order to better develop good causes. It is also amazing to be creating a community of ambitious and talented entrepreneurs who can focus their strengths, passion and expertise to good causes and give back to this Planet.
Alejandro, of Spanish nationality, is CEO and co-founder of Spotahome. He studied Law and Business in Madrid. He speaks English, Chinese and Spanish. He has always been obsessed with making the world smaller by simplifying every possible difficulty cross border. To that end, right after University, he moved to China for 3 years where he set up 2 companies: an exporting business and a travel agency. After that experience, he moved into tech companies and launched a startup related with job mobility worldwide that got selected in competitions in Portugal and Spain and incubated in the IE Venture Lab in Madrid. After a lot of learning, he moved and worked in Lisbon and London in the Real Estate industry where he saw a massive opportunity to change the real estate industry forever so then launched Spotahome in 2014.