Bernardo Hernández González
Bernardo Hernández González | |
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| Born | 29 December 1970 |
| Nationality | Spanish, European |
| Alma mater | Pontifical University of Comillas Boston College |
| Occupation(s) | Global Head of Marketing for consumer products Google[1] Entrepreneur and Business Angel, Solón Inversiones |
| Employer(s) | Google Solón Inversiones |
Bernardo Hernández González (born December 29, 1970) is an Spanish Tech Entrepreneur and Business Angel who also holds the title of Global Head of Marketing for consumer products at Google. He has founded several companies such as Idealista.com, FloresFrescas.com or StepOne Ventures. He has also invested in Tuenti, the leading social network in Spain (as President of the Board) and Bodaclick.
He has teach at Pontifical University of Comillas and he served as spokesman and advisor for some of his companies. He is member of the Board of Directors at FUNDESO[2], a Non-for-profit Organization managing more than €3 MM in projects in Developing countries. Last 2009, Bernardo Hernández has been selected as one of the 25 most influential Spanish internet people by El Mundo[3], one of the most read newspapers in Spain.
Education and career
He graduated from ICADE 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 5 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, Bodaclick, 11870.com or the leading social network in Spain, Tuenti.
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 the Global Head of Marketing for consumer products based in Mountain View, California, where he currently is living.
Companies
Bernardo has participated in several companies, most of them through his own funding company Solón Inversiones:
- idealista.com: he founded this company with Jesús Encinar, another Spanish tech entrepreneur. Now is the leading real estate online portal in Spain.
- Tuenti: he invested in this company as President of the Board. It was the leading social network in Spain, which has been acquired[4] by Telefonica for around $100MM
- StepOne: President and founder. StepOne helps Spanish companies to get established in the US market[5].
- Floresfrescas.com: he is founder of this e-commerce start-up.
- Bodaclick: he has invested in this company just before they entered into the public market[6]. He is also an advisor.
- Planetaki.com: shareholder.
- 11870.com: shareholder.