Joaquín Ayuso de Pául | |
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Born |
Joaquin Ayuso de Paul July 30, 1981 Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain |
Occupation | Entrepreneur and Investor |
Joaquín Ayuso de Paúl, is the co-founder and ex-CTO of Tuenti, a Madrid-based invitation-only private social networking website that has been referred to as the "Spanish Facebook"(other founders include: Zaryn Dentzel, Kenny Bentley, Adeyemi Ajao, and Felix Ruiz Hernandez).
He acquired a degree at Instituto Católico de Artes e Industrias (ICAI) in Madrid and officially founded Tuenti in 2006 as the first to hold an active account with the social network he co-created.
He worked in a project in Los Angeles, with a company called Border Stylo, as VP of Data Products.
He founded a startup based in Santa Monica, called Kuapay, developing a secure payment method.
This startup has investors like Myron Scholes, who is also chairman of the Advisory Board. Also Bill Elkus, founder of Clearstone Venture Partners, joined the company as an investor and advisor.
Myron Scholes quoted Kuapay with “Kuapay possesses a unique and attractive combination of international market strategy, innovative security architecture, and a vision as to the future direction of mobile payments using the smart phone, which immediately drew me to the company,” said Scholes. “I see massive potential for Kuapay to be a dominant player in the mobile payments market, which is very much still in its infancy. I look forward to continue to advise this company on its journey to success.”.