Ricardo López

Ricardo López has had a varied and successful career. In 2016, at the age of 19, they founded Alimentos Ultra Cool 1000 C.A. with their partner, a venture dedicated to producing and marketing snacks in the city of Caracas. Ricardo was able to market their pilot product in more than 65 stores nationwide. In 2018, they joined GS Iberica as a Brand Ambassador and Mentor, quickly becoming the 15th commercial with the most sales made in Spain. In 2019, they founded and became CEO of Vanboca S.L., a company in the F&B sector dedicated to the manufacture and distribution of snacks. Ricardo managed to raise a financing of 30,000 EUR as seed capital for the company and was able to market their products in more than 25 stores in Madrid and 5 in other autonomous communities within Spain. In 2020, they joined Bodevino as a Local Area Network Manager, where they were responsible for close negotiation agreements with the wineries, managing the logistics part with customs agents and transport companies, and identifying business opportunities. In 2021, they joined ZUMA Restaurants as a Commis Sommelier and UNION Campus as a Project Manager. Finally, in 2022 they joined Cobee as a Business Development.

Ricardo López has an education history that began in 2004 when they attended Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola for their Colegio y Bachillerato en Ciencias. From 2016 to 2018, they attended Universidad Metropolitana (VE) for their Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas in the field of Banca y servicios financieros. Ricardo is currently attending Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, studying Business in the field of Empresa/comercio, general. Ricardo has also obtained a number of certifications, including Fundamentos de la comunicación and Fundamentos de la negociación from LinkedIn in April 2022, Sustainable Business Enterprises from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in November 2020, Fundamentos de Marketing Digital from Google Actívate in August 2020, and Selling for Impact from Winning by Design in February 2023.