About the Author
Investor, serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and cofounder of Panthera Advisors, Alejandro Cremades (alejandro@pantheraadvisors.com, @acremades, www.alejandrocremades.com) has become one of the most notable names in the startup ecosystem.
Since immigrating from Europe to the US, Cremades has become a leading advocate for entrepreneurs, a pioneer in the startup fundraising space, and is considered by some as the voice of startup M&A.
Cremades has been named to the Top 30 Under 30 lists of GQ, Vanity Fair, and Entrepreneur magazines. TechCrunch has heralded Cremades as one of the influencers shaping the NY tech scene.
Today, Cremades is a high-level connector and one of the most active dealmakers in the startup space.
Cremades was born in Madrid, Spain, to parents Bernardo and Leticia, who knew education was integral to their son's success. His mother, in particular, was so focused on his academic work that she waited 15 years to tell him he'd been drafted to play for the premier soccer club Real Madrid.
After graduating with his law degree from Universidad San Pablo CEU in Spain, he hopped on a flight to New York City with his brother and immediately fell in love with the Big Apple.
After receiving his master's degree in international business and trade law from Fordham Law School, he joined the law firm of King & Spalding. There, he worked on one of the largest investment arbitration cases to date, Chevron v. Ecuador (with $113 billion at stake).
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