Nicolas De Santis
| Nicolas De Santis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 March 1966 Madrid, Spain |
| Citizenship | Italian |
| Occupation | Internet entrepreneur |
| Known for | Opodo and beenz.com |
| Title | President of Gold Mercury International |
| Spouse(s) | Melissa Odabash |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Eduardo De Santis and Maria Cuadra |
| Website | http://www.nicolasdesantis.com |
Nicolas De Santis (born 18 March 1966) is an internet entrepreneur. In 2004 he became the president and secretary general of Gold Mercury International, a think tank and global governance award organisation founded in 1961.
Nicolas De Santis is the son of Spanish actress Maria Cuadra and film producer Eduardo De Santis.
De Santis is an early internet entrepreneur. He was the marketing director and co-founder of European online travel portal Opodo, a position which he left in 2003.
Nicolas was recruited by Spencer Stuart from beenz.com in 2001 to become the chief marketing officer of Opodo, the European travel portal originally co-owned with 9 European airlines including British Airways, Air France, Alitalia, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, Aer Lingus, Austrian Airlines and Finnair. Opodo was the European version of Orbitz, the American travel website owned by various American airlines. In 2008, Opodo's turnover reached €1.3 billion in gross sales.
His previous internet venture was beenz.com (the first virtual internet currency) where he was chief marketing officer. De Santis invested in and joined beenz.com in 1999 as one of the founding team members. De Santis helped to raise $100 million from several high profile investors including Carlo de Benedetti (Espresso/La Repubblica Group) and François Pinault, holding company Artemis. Beenz was sold in 2001 to the US Carlson Marketing Group. De Santis launched the beenz.com brand in UK, US, France, Japan, Singapore, Italy, Korea, Australia and China.
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