Bernardo Hernández
Encyclopedia
Bernardo Hernández González (born 1970) is a Spanish
tech
entrepreneur
and business angel who also holds the title of Director of Product Management at Google
and Managing Director at Zagat. He has started, alone or with other partners, some of the most successful internet companies in Spain, such as Idealista.com, FloresFrescas.com or 11870.com. He has been an early investor in Tuenti
, a leading social network
in Spain
where he served as President of the Board until the sale to Telefonica
in the summer of 2010. He is also a Board member of the first internet company in Spain to go public, bodaclick.com
He is founder and president of StepOne, a company that helps Spanish
tech
companies in their Internationalization. From this company he has started the first Computer Science talent exchange program between Spain and the Silicon Valley, Jóvenes con Futuro .
In 2009 he was recognized as the Tech
Entrepreneur
of the Year by the Banesto
Foundation. In 2010 he received, together with Nicholas Negroponte
, a Honorary Degree
in Architecture
and Systems by Universidad Camilo José Cela
(Spanish University). In 2011 he received the Successful Career Award by the ICADE Asociación. Bernardo Hernández has been included in the list of the 25 most influential Spanish internet people by El Mundo
. for 6 consecutive years now.
He is member of the Board of Directors at FUNDESO, a Non-for-profit Organization managing more than €3 MM in projects in Developing countries.
, Pontifical University of Comillas, a top Business School
in Madrid
(Spain
) in 1993. He has a Masters in Finance from Boston College
and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst
(CFA) designation.
At the age of 29, after five years as an analyst and portfolio manager in the asset management industry with companies like Fidelity Investments
, BBVA and Putnam Investments
, he started his first internet venture idealista.com, now the leading real estate online portal in Spain. Since then he has participated in other online start-ups as a Business Angel, like floresfrescas.com, planetaki.com, 11870.com or the leading social network in Spain, Tuenti
. He is a member of the board of bodaclick.com the first Spanish internet company to go public in the secondary market.
His latest venture is StepOne, a company that helps Spanish businesses to get established in the US.
Bernardo joined Google
in 2005 and is currently Director of Product Management, based in Mountain View
, California
, where he is currently living.
In May 2011, he was appointed jury of the Prince of Asturias Awards
of Science and Technology
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
tech
Tech
Tech may refer to:*an abbreviation for technology, and terms that are derived from it**technical support, services providing assistance with technology products**techno, a form of electronic dance music...
entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and business angel who also holds the title of Director of Product Management at Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
and Managing Director at Zagat. He has started, alone or with other partners, some of the most successful internet companies in Spain, such as Idealista.com, FloresFrescas.com or 11870.com. He has been an early investor in Tuenti
Tuenti
Tuenti is a Spain-based, invitation-only private social networking website that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook." Tuenti, pronounced in Spanish, sounds like Twenty in English...
, a leading social network
Social network
A social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social...
in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
where he served as President of the Board until the sale to Telefonica
Telefónica
Telefónica, S.A. is a Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider in Europe and Latin America. Operating globally, it is the third largest provider in the world...
in the summer of 2010. He is also a Board member of the first internet company in Spain to go public, bodaclick.com
He is founder and president of StepOne, a company that helps Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
tech
Tech
Tech may refer to:*an abbreviation for technology, and terms that are derived from it**technical support, services providing assistance with technology products**techno, a form of electronic dance music...
companies in their Internationalization. From this company he has started the first Computer Science talent exchange program between Spain and the Silicon Valley, Jóvenes con Futuro .
In 2009 he was recognized as the Tech
Tech
Tech may refer to:*an abbreviation for technology, and terms that are derived from it**technical support, services providing assistance with technology products**techno, a form of electronic dance music...
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
of the Year by the Banesto
Banesto
Banesto is a Spanish bank, 88.4% owned by Banco Santander. Currently Banesto is the fifth-largest banking group in Spain, operating around 1,770 branches....
Foundation. In 2010 he received, together with Nicholas Negroponte
Nicholas Negroponte
Nicholas Negroponte is an American architect best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also known as the founder of the One Laptop per Child Association ....
, a Honorary Degree
Honorary degree
An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa is an academic degree for which a university has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, study, and the passing of examinations...
in Architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
and Systems by Universidad Camilo José Cela
Universidad Camilo José Cela
Camilo José Cela University was established in 2000 and it is part of the Educational Institution SEK -Saint Stanislaus Kostka- founded in 1892. UCJC currently offers a wide range of academic qualifications, more than 40 graduate programmes and 50 postgraduate programmes...
(Spanish University). In 2011 he received the Successful Career Award by the ICADE Asociación. Bernardo Hernández has been included in the list of the 25 most influential Spanish internet people by El Mundo
El Mundo (Spain)
El Mundo is the second largest printed and the largest digital daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspapers of record in that country, with a daily circulation topping 300,000 readers for the printed edition and 24 million unique web visitors per month for the...
. for 6 consecutive years now.
He is member of the Board of Directors at FUNDESO, a Non-for-profit Organization managing more than €3 MM in projects in Developing countries.
Education and career
He graduated from ICADEICADE
ICADE is the brand name by which two schools of the Comillas Pontifical University, located in Madrid , are known. It stands for Instituto Católico de Administración y Dirección de Empresas , the name of an Institute that merged with the Comillas Pontifical University in 1978, giving birth to two...
, Pontifical University of Comillas, a top Business School
Business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...
in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
(Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) in 1993. He has a Masters in Finance from Boston College
Boston College
Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...
and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst
Chartered Financial Analyst
The Chartered Financial Analyst Program is a graduate level self-study program offered by the CFA Institute to investment and financial professionals...
(CFA) designation.
At the age of 29, after five years as an analyst and portfolio manager in the asset management industry with companies like Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments
FMR LLC or Fidelity Investments is an American multinational financial services corporation one of the largest mutual fund and financial services groups in the world. It was founded in 1946 and serves North American investors. Fidelity Ventures is its venture capital arm...
, BBVA and Putnam Investments
Putnam Investments
Putnam Investments is a privately owned investment management firm founded in 1937 by George Putnam, who established one of the first balanced mutual funds, The George Putnam Fund of Boston...
, he started his first internet venture idealista.com, now the leading real estate online portal in Spain. Since then he has participated in other online start-ups as a Business Angel, like floresfrescas.com, planetaki.com, 11870.com or the leading social network in Spain, Tuenti
Tuenti
Tuenti is a Spain-based, invitation-only private social networking website that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook." Tuenti, pronounced in Spanish, sounds like Twenty in English...
. He is a member of the board of bodaclick.com the first Spanish internet company to go public in the secondary market.
His latest venture is StepOne, a company that helps Spanish businesses to get established in the US.
Bernardo joined Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
in 2005 and is currently Director of Product Management, based in Mountain View
Mountain View
-Canada:*Mountain View County, Alberta, a municipal district*Mountain View, Alberta, a hamlet in Cardston County*Mountain View, Ontario, a community in Prince Edward County*Mountain View No...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, where he is currently living.
In May 2011, he was appointed jury of the Prince of Asturias Awards
Prince of Asturias Awards
The Prince of Asturias Awards are a series of annual prizes awarded in Spain by the Prince of Asturias Foundation to individuals, entities or organizations from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, and public affairs....
of Science and Technology
Companies
Bernardo has participated in several companies, most of them through his own funding company Solón Inversiones:- idealista.com: he cofounded this company with Jesús Encinar, another SpanishSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
techTechTech may refer to:*an abbreviation for technology, and terms that are derived from it**technical support, services providing assistance with technology products**techno, a form of electronic dance music...
entrepreneurEntrepreneurAn entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
. Now is the leading real estate online portal in Spain. - TuentiTuentiTuenti is a Spain-based, invitation-only private social networking website that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook." Tuenti, pronounced in Spanish, sounds like Twenty in English...
: he was an early investor in this company and served as President of the Board. - StepOne: President and founder. StepOne helps Spanish companies to get established in the US market.
- Floresfrescas.com: he is founder of this e-commerce start-up.
- Bodaclick: he is a board member of the company since their IPO.
- Planetaki.com: shareholder.
- 11870.com: shareholder.