Arturo Galván has spent his entire career establishing and cultivating the online industry in Latin America, working in corporate environments as well as a serial entrepreneur.  For these efforts, the Wall Street Journal named him “Apostle of the Internet” for the region in 2000 and Bill Gates twice awarded him the Microsoft Award of Excellence (95-96). 

Arturo has a major in Information Technology graduated from Tec de Monterrey (1983).  He was the CTO & VP of Business Development for the leading newspaper group in Mexico, Grupo Reforma for 16 years.  In 1988, he co-founded Infosel, the first online service company in the Spanish-speaking world, and launched the popular Infosel Financiero (Real Time Financial Information Service) in 1990.

In 1995, his company launched Mexico’s first Internet portal and became the first Internet access provider in the country.  In 1999, Grupo Telefónica acquired Infosel as part of its online network in Latin America, Terra Networks and Arturo was named President for Terra México. The acquisition of Infosel became the second largest M&A transaction of the dotcom era in Latin America.

In 2002, Arturo launched Naranya, a Mobile Commerce & Marketing company focused on the Latin American markets that provides a very unique platform to distribute and monetize digital services and content in the region.

Ever since, Arturo has been recognized for different important achievements, such as “Endeavor Entrepreneur” in 2011, and he was a “E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year” nominee in 2012.  He’s a member of different Boards in organizations focused to build the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Latin America.