Biography:Silvio Pestrin Farina
Silvio Pestrin Farina
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| Founder – FictionCity.net | |
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| Born | January 20, 1975 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Profession | Computer engineering |
| Website | http://www.FictionCity.net |
Silvio Pestrin Farina is (Buenos Aires, 1975) is an Argentina businessman and systems developer. He is the creator of FictionCity, an online social network for artists founded in Buenos Aires. H
Professional life
Pestrin Farina studied computer engineering at the University of Belgrano in 1992. In 1998 he then began working career at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as a Java and Visual Basic language developer. In 1999 he became involved in the founding of Patagon.com,[1] the world's first online bank, which was later sold to the Banco Santander Central Hispano for $705 million.[2]
FictionCity.net
In 2009 Pestrin Farina founded FictionCity, a social networking site for artists and companies looking to connect with artistic talent. The project was completed over the span of fourteen months with an initial investment of $1 million.[3] The site officially launched in January 2011.[1] Within sixty days of launching, the website's value grew to over $18 million.,[4][5] was described by the Director of CIO América Marcelo Lozano as "Un Hubble para descubrir nuevas estrellas (a telescope to discover new stars)".[6] Later that year Farina was called one of the three most innovative recent digital entrepreneurs to come out of Argentina.[7] The site has over 150,000 users in 31 countries,[2] has been translated into 12 languages,[citation needed] and has expanded to open offices in Santiago, São Paulo, Miami, Mexico City, and Barcelona.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Daniel Sousa (March 3, 2012). "A stimulus to the creators". La Prensa. http://www.laprensa.com.ar/Note.aspx?Note=365749. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "En la Web hay muchas burbujas y pocas empresas". Diario Ambito Financiero. July 17, 2011. http://www.ambito.com/noticia.asp?id=592961. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Desde Argentina nace una red social global para artistas y diseñadores". Canal-AR Technologica a Diario. January 13, 2010. http://www.canal-ar.com.ar/noticias/noticiamuestra.asp?Id=10021. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ↑ "FictionCity.Net, triplica su valor real". Canal-AR Technologica a Diario. March 10, 2011. http://www.canal-ar.com.ar/Sosnoticia/sosnoticiamuestra.asp?Id=2770. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Cómo convertirse en un emprendedor global". Cronista. 04/10/11. http://m.cronista.com/especiales/Como-convertirse-en-un-emprendedor-global-20111004-0017.html. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ↑ Marcelo Lozano (July 25, 2011). "Fiction City, "la red social" de los artistas". CIO América Latina. http://www.cioal.com/2011/07/25/fiction-city-la-red-social-de-los-artistas/. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ↑ Marcelo Lozano (October 21, 2011). "Predicciones IT 2012 by Silvio Pestrin Farina". CIO América Latina. http://www.cioal.com/2011/10/21/predicciones-it-2012-by-silvio-pestrin-farina/. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ↑ MATÍAS BONELLI. "Launch 'Facebook Argentine' exclusive artists". Cronista. http://www.cronista.com/informaciongral/Lanzan-un-Facebook-argentino-exclusivo-para-artistas-20110414-0031.html. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
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