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Spanish entrepreneur (b. 1977)
Marcial Cuquerella
Marcial Cuquerella
Born (1977-11-19) 19 November 1977 (age 47)
Cartagena, Murcia
NationalitySpanish
Alma materComillas Pontifical University
IESE
IE
Occupation(s)Chairman and CEO of Wouzee Founder, The Glue Concept

Marcial Cuquerella Gamboa (born November 19, 1977) is a Spanish businessman, entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder of 7NN Televisión. and the live streaming company Gooru, where he is the Chairman and CEO. Cuquerella is also the founder of The Glue Concept, a company incubator which operates in the US, México and Spain.

Career

Cuquerella has two degrees in engineering (Computing Engineer and Civil Engineer) and two MBAs (IE and IESE). He began his career as a 24-year-old CEO at Grupo Cope Navarra, then in 2005 he was appointed CEO of the Multimedia Company Intereconomía Corp running three TV Stations, a radio, two magazines and a national newspaper in Spain. He has funded and produced films related to religion, such as Pope John Paul II

He founded Wouzee, a start up based on the live streaming concept, which became famous in February 2016 during the Princess Cristina Trials when someone sneaked a camera in to the proceedings and broadcast everything, despite the judge banning any recording devices in the chamber.

In April 2014 he founded Wouzee America LLC in Houston, Miami and Puebla (México).

In 2014, he was identified by the testimony of witnesses during a trial as a leading figure in Spain of the Mexican far-right cult El Yunque.

In 2021, Marcial Cuquerella launched a new broadcast channel, 7NN, focused on news and current events. Cuquerella left 7NN in February 2023 due to new appointments made by the Chairman, and the channel suffered financial problems.

Controversy

On September 9, 2014, during an interview Cuquerella was asked for advice for young people looking for a job, to which he said, "If you are looking for a job, do it for free a couple of months, if you are good enough you will get hired and even they will pay you those months". This statement was broadcast by national media sites. The next day he released a press statement where he said that his only intention was to serve as inspiration, not to hurt any feelings.

The Spanish newspaper El País has referred to him as a leader of the "Spanish Tea Party".

References

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  2. "La nueva televisión de Marcial Cuquerella ficha a profesionales de TVE, Vozpópuli y Libertad Digital". 17 September 2021.
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  7. "Online streaming platform Wouzee raises €1 million from Unidad Editorial". Novobrief. 23 October 2014.
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  9. "Imputado el abogado que grabó el vídeo de la Infanta Cristina". Diariocrítico.com.
  10. "Unidad Editorial adquiere el 10% de la plataforma de vídeos Wouzee". El Confidencial Digital. 8 October 2014.
  11. ""El vídeo de la Infanta nos dejó sorprendidos y lo despublicamos en cuanto lo vimos"". Antena3.com. 8 November 2014.
  12. "Spain probes hidden-cam film of princess in court". The Local Spain. 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  13. Economia Digital. "La 'app' que filtró el vídeo de la infanta hace las Américas". Economía Digital.
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  15. Lobo, José L. (31 May 2014). "Testigos revelan en un juicio la identidad de los miembros de la secta secreta El Yunque". El Confidencial.
  16. "La Fundación Francisco Franco, Vox y El Yunque detrás del nuevo canal 7nn" (in Spanish). Pandemia Digital. 19 September 2021.
  17. "La Alternativa, la nueva televisión de Marcial Cuquerella, se estrena en octubre". 14 September 2021.
  18. "El empresario Cuquerella, junto a ex de Intereconomía y Vox, crea". 17 August 2021.
  19. Robles, Juan (14 December 2021). "Marcial Cuquerella: "En 7nn.tv sólo hay periodistas comprometidos con la verdad con rigor y profesionalidad"". Actuall (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  20. "Terremoto en 7NN: Marcial Cuquerella dimite tras el fichaje de Quintela bendecido por De Quinto" [Earthquake at 7NN: Marcial Cuquerella resigns after the signing of Quintela approved by De Quinto]. Okdiario. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  21. "CEO de Wouzee: "Si buscas trabajo, ofrécete a hacerlo dos meses gratis. Si eres bueno te contratarán" - EE". noticiasespanolas.es. Archived from the original on 2015-05-22.
  22. abc.es (8 September 2014). "Los consejos del CEO de Wouzee: "Si buscas trabajo, hazlo gratis dos meses. Si eres bueno te contratarán"". ABC.es.
  23. "CEO de Wouzee: "Si buscas trabajo, ofrécete a hacerlo dos meses gratis"". yometiroalmonte.es.
  24. "El CEO de Wouzee se explica tras la polémica: "La única intención era servir de inspiración, no de ofensa"". eleconomista.es. 9 September 2014.
  25. "Principales periódicos por lectores diarios en España en 2022". Statista (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  26. Ediciones El País (2 January 2011). "Los secretos del Tea Party español". EL PAÍS.

External links

  • Marcial Cuquerella lanza La Alternativa - 7nn
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