Carlos Cardona | |
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Born | Carlos Alberto Cardona Ospina (1974-03-07) 7 March 1974 (age 50) Pereira, Colombia |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
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.
Internet entrepreneur
- Founder of several start-ups including Yupi Internet (Yupi.com) (later sold to Microsoft / Telmex) Now latino.msn.com
- Co-founder of Welltok Inc to be acquired by Virgin Pulse
Professional recognition
- Carlos Cardona, influential Hispanic for 2000 - HispanicBusiness.com
- Received both 1999 and 2000 Hispanic Entrepreneur Award “100 Most Influential Hispanics” by Hispanic Magazine, sponsored by IBM.
- Need an Internet Expert for Y2K? Carlos Cardona, Founder and CTO of Yupi.com Prnewswire.com
- Newsweek: Critical Mas: 20 For 2000
- Newsweek: Latin U.S.A.: How Young Hispanics Are Changing America
- Carlos Slim (Telmex) and Bill Gates (Microsoft) buy Yupi.com *Spanish
- Microsoft Press: Microsoft and Telmex Joint Venture, T1msn, to Acquire Yupi Internet
- Microsoft Press: Getting in the Head of 26,000 YupiMSN Users
- Microsoft Press: YupiMSN Introduces MSN Explorer in Spanish
- New York Times: Business; "What they are reading"
References
- "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.
- "Outlook, Hotmail, Skype, Videos, Fotos, Traductor, Horóscopos y Música en MSN Latino". Archived from the original on 2014-09-29. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- "Carlos Cardona, influential Hispanic for 2000 - HispanicBusiness.com". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- "Carlos Cardona, influential Hispanic for 2000 - HispanicBusiness.com". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- "All News Releases and Press Releases from PR Newswire".
- "Critical Mas: 20 For 2000 | Newsweek.com". www.newsweek.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-27.
- "All News Releases and Press Releases from PR Newswire".
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- Tang, Compiled By Alisa (12 December 1999). "Business; What They're Reading". The New York Times.
External links
- Carlos Cardona - personal web site