Martin Varsavsky

Martin Varsavsky is a serial entrepreneur, professor, and investor. He has founded 8 companies in the last 30 years. He is co-founder of Overture Life, a company automating the embryology lab. Martin is the founder & non-executive chairman of Prelude Fertility, the largest network of fertility clinics in the United States. Previously, he founded several successful ventures in the technology space including Jazztel, Spain’s second-largest publicly traded telecom operator; Viatel, best known for inventing call-back and building the first pan-European fiber optic network, and Eolia Renovables. Martin is the recipient of various honors and rewards, among them European Telecommunications Entrepreneur of the Year in 1998, ECTA’s European Entrepreneur of the Year in 1999, Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in Davos, 2000, and Spanish Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000, Pickering Prize from Columbia University 2004.