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Carlos Grau

Carlos Grau

Carlos Grau is the current CEO of the Mobile World Capital Barcelona Foundation (MWCB). Industrial Engineer from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, and PDD from IESE, Carlos Grau has a long career in the field of communication and information technologies, as well as in the development of digital business. After holding various sales and marketing management positions in companies in the ICT sector, such as Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, Sun Microsystem - where he consolidated significant business growth under his responsibility (3M $ to 60M $) - or Telefónica, Grau joined Microsoft as CEO in Catalonia, where in its first four years managed to triple the turnover. In recent years, Carlos Grau has focused his activity in the field of innovation, where he has led projects such as Biid, a startup focused on mobile identity, or Step One Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in technology companies with high potential. of growth. Grau has also served as a mentor for entrepreneurs through Barcelona Activa or the Startupbootcamp IoT and Data acceleration program, promoted in collaboration with MWCapital. His more than 25 years of experience in management positions in large companies in the technology sector and innovation, endorse and consolidate as a benchmark and leader in the digital transformation with a great vision on the challenges and opportunities in business.