Javier Rodriguez Zapatero

Javier Rodriguez Zapatero, Angel investor in Madrid is an active investor based in Madrid, Spain. This profile covers what Javier Rodriguez Zapatero backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Javier Zapatero is a Co-Founder, President and serves as Executive Chairman at ISDI. He is a Founding Partner at Sevenzonic Ventures. He is currently president of the Higher Institute for Internet Development (ISDI), where he has also been president of the Academic Council since 2009, and joins EVO after a long career at Google, where he held the position of general director for Spain, Portugal and Turkey from 2008 to 2016 and the one responsible for Google Middle East from 2013 to 2015. A graduate in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Córdoba, Rodríguez Zapatero began his professional career at Procter & Gamble in 1991, where he held various positions until joining Johnson Wax as director of National Accounts in 1998. Subsequently, he became director of Commercial and Marketing of Yahoo! Spain, where he assumed different roles both nationally and Europeanly, including that of CEO for Iberia in 2003 and CEO of Yahoo! Iberia in 2006, the position that it combined with the European vice-presidency of sales of this company and with that of general director of Kelkoo in Spain from 2003 to 2006. In addition to his recognized professional career in the world of business, Rodríguez Zapatero has also been president of the Board of Directors of the delegation in Spain of the International Advertising Bureau (IAB Europe) from 2003 to 2005 and vice president and member of the Board of Directors of Autocontrol between 2004 and 2005.

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