ABOUT ME
Pablo Fernández is the Founder and CEO of Clidrive, the leading platform for car financing with artificial intelligence that connects car owners with financial institutions to access affordable consumer bank loans using their car as collateral. Founded in January 2023, Clidrive achieved €10.6 million in revenue in its first fiscal year (a record in Spain), while maintaining positive EBITDA and cash flow. I started the company without external financing, retaining 100% control of the capital.
Is president of Clikalia, the number 1 residential real estate platform in Europe and Mexico, with over 1,000 employees and a profitable company that raised €460 million in the largest funding round for a Spanish startup with global investors like SoftBank, FifthWall, Luxor Capital, Mouro Capital, and Deutsche Bank.
He is also the founder & CEO of Clicars, a profitable €500 million business and the number 1 e-commerce platform for buying used cars in Spain, which was acquired after going public by Stellantis (the world's second-largest car manufacturer).
He graduated from Harvard Business School and Complutense University of Madrid (receiving the national award for the best academic transcript in Spain). He worked at Boston Consulting Group and Banco Santander, becoming the youngest Executive Vice President of the Group and leading corporate strategy in the United States.
An investor in over 100 startups (both individually and as a partner in a Harvard alumni fund), he committed to donating part of his net worth to social impact initiatives such as education and climate change. He is a prominent Endeavor entrepreneur and was recognized by Harvard Business School as one of the alumni with the greatest impact on entrepreneurship and social impact.
Pablo holds 6 Guinness World Records in long-distance swimming, including the longest ocean crossing (250 km) and the fastest 100 km unassisted swim, leading to him being nominated twice by the World Open Water Swimming Association for the "Performance of the Year" award and "men of the year" award.
Committed to donating part of the net worth to social impact initiatives such as education through the Clicollege Foundation and climate change. Board member at Endeavor Spain, the Princess of Girona Foundation, and the Queen Sofia School of Music.
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