Background
Medina was born in Matanzas, Cuba, and left in 1965, when he was 13.
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Manuel Manuel D. Medina
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Education
Medina earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from in 1974.
Career
Medina, was the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Terremark. He also holds the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Medina Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on funding technology companies with innovative products that serve the private and public sectors. Medina has more than 30 years of experience as a highly successful businessman with expertise in areas including technology, finance, international business, and government contracting.
In his early career, Medina, worked as certified public accountant, with Price Waterhouse after earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Florida Atlantic University in 1974.
Later, in 1980, he started his own company, Terremark, and served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer until 2011, when the company was acquired by Verizon Communications for $1.4billion, out of which he would receive about $83 million from his 4.4 million shares, almost 7 percent of the company. In 2014, Medina Capital raised an additional $185M fund.
Medina Capital has invested in the following companies:
–Brainspace
–Catbird
–Cryptzone
–Easy Solutions.
