Javier Escobedo

Athlete, Business adviser, Business leader, Business mentor, Change agent, Connector, Global soul, Idea generator, Investor, Life mentor, Parent, World traveler

Javier Escobedo is a digital economy pioneer, transformation architect, e-commerce authority, and seasoned practitioner. He has played key roles in the transformation of banking, travel, retail and advertising from bricks to bits. With an overarching theme of growing international and multicultural P&Ls, he has been at the center of the most significant business trends of the last 30+ years. Javier’s experience in major public companies combined with smaller niche players has allowed him to manage a wide range of P&L's through major environmental shifts. He has guided businesses through some of the most recognizable market changes of the last half-century, like the shift of content distribution from retail to digital, the rise of digital ads and paid search, the emergence of e-commerce and its move to mobile, and the current FinTech revolution.

I am passionate about helping everyone around me get to their fullest potential.

Four timeless ideas: 1. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. 2. Embrace the fact that growth only comes inside uncertainty. 3. If you don't like change, you are going to like irrelevance even less. 4. There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Banking, Corporate Governance, Digital Transformation, Financial Services, FinTech, Long distance running, Marketing, Mentoring, Travel, Venture Capital