Carlos Cardona Explained

Carlos Cardona
Birth Name:	Carlos Alberto Cardona Ospina
Birth Date:	7 March 1974
Birth Place:	Pereira, Colombia
Occupation:	Entrepreneur

Carlos Cardona (born 7 March 1974) is a Colombian internet entrepreneur best known for his Web 1.0 start-up Yupi Internet. He started his first company at the age of 18. His company went on to raise US$150 million from venture capitalists including Sony, Comcast and News Corp. Yupi was later sold to a joint venture between Microsoft and Telmex after the Dot-com bubble crash.^[1]

Internet entrepreneur

• Founder of several start-ups including Yupi Internet (Yupi.com) (later sold to Microsoft / Telmex) Now latino.msn.com^[2]
• Co-founder of Welltok Inc to be acquired by Virgin Pulse

Professional recognition

• Carlos Cardona, influential Hispanic for 2000 - HispanicBusiness.com^[3]
• Received both 1999 and 2000 Hispanic Entrepreneur Award “100 Most Influential Hispanics” by Hispanic Magazine, sponsored by IBM.^[4]
• Need an Internet Expert for Y2K? Carlos Cardona, Founder and CTO of Yupi.com Prnewswire.com^[5]
• Newsweek: Critical Mas: 20 For 2000^[6]
• Newsweek: Latin U.S.A.: How Young Hispanics Are Changing America^[7]
• Carlos Slim (Telmex) and Bill Gates (Microsoft) buy Yupi.com *Spanish^[8]
• Microsoft Press: Microsoft and Telmex Joint Venture, T1msn, to Acquire Yupi Internet^[9]
• Microsoft Press: Getting in the Head of 26,000 YupiMSN Users^[10]
• Microsoft Press: YupiMSN Introduces MSN Explorer in Spanish^[11]
• New York Times: Business; "What they are reading"^[12]

External links

• Carlos Cardona - personal web site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Microsoft and Telmex Joint Venture, T1msn, to Acquire Yupi Internet, Accelerating Expansion in U.S. Hispanic Market. 2001-06-21. Stories. en-US. 2020-02-04.
2. Web site: Outlook, Hotmail, Skype, Videos, Fotos, Traductor, Horóscopos y Música en MSN Latino . 2009-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140929231415/http://latino.msn.com/ . 2014-09-29 . dead .
3. Web site: Carlos Cardona, influential Hispanic for 2000 - HispanicBusiness.com . 2009-05-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090528041801/http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/influentials/details.asp?id=122&year=2000 . 2009-05-28 .
4. Web site: Carlos Cardona, influential Hispanic for 2000 - HispanicBusiness.com . 2009-05-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090528041801/http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/influentials/details.asp?id=122&year=2000 . 2009-05-28 .
5. Web site: All News Releases and Press Releases from PR Newswire.
6. Web site: Critical Mas: 20 For 2000 Newsweek.com . www.newsweek.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090527235556/http://www.newsweek.com/id/88900/page/2 . 2009-05-27.
7. Web site: All News Releases and Press Releases from PR Newswire.
8. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-05-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090528060747/http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=6474&tabla=primera . 2009-05-28 .
9. Web site: Microsoft and Telmex Joint Venture, T1msn, to Acquire Yupi Internet, Accelerating Expansion in U.S. Hispanic Market: T1msn to Build on MSN's Consumer Reach in United States and Its No. 1 Position in Web-Based E-Mail in Latin America . . 2009-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090309175312/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/jun01/06-21yupipr.mspx# . 2009-03-09 . dead .
10. Web site: Getting in the Head of 26,000 YupiMSN Users: No TV Please, We're Surfing! . . 2009-05-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090602043131/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2002/jun02/06-10searchyupimsnpr.mspx . 2009-06-02 .
11. Web site: YupiMSN Introduces MSN Explorer in Spanish: Unique Blend of Powerful Software and Rich Services Offers Spanish-Speaking Consumers an Optimized New Web Experience . . 2009-05-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090602043309/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/aug01/08-23yupiexplorerpr.mspx . 2009-06-02 .
12. News: Business; What They're Reading. The New York Times. 12 December 1999. Tang. Compiled By Alisa.