{"id":94375,"date":"2018-02-26T19:43:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T18:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=94375"},"modified":"2018-02-04T19:43:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T18:43:44","slug":"catalan-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Catalan Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barcelona is a great city for <strong>entrepreneurs<\/strong> and <strong>startups<\/strong>. It offers the perfect atmosphere for innovation, creativity, and new ideas. So it&#8217;s no surprise that quite a few <strong>successful entrepreneurs<\/strong> have come from Barcelona or surrounding areas within Catalonia. Here are some of the stories behind a few of the most <strong>successful Catalan entrepreneurs<\/strong> today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/entrepreneur-coaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coaching for Entrepreneurs in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-entrepreneurs\/#David_Andres\" title=\"David Andres\">David Andres<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-entrepreneurs\/#John_Casablancas\" title=\"John Casablancas\">John Casablancas<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-entrepreneurs\/#Robert_Munoz\" title=\"Robert Mu\u00f1oz\">Robert Mu\u00f1oz<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"David_Andres\"><\/span>David Andres<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_94380\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94380\" class=\"wp-image-94380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/startup-593327_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"155\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-94380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>David Andres\u00a0<\/strong>made it onto Forbes&#8217;s <em>30 Under 30 Europe<\/em> list in 2017 for his work as a chef and restaurant owner. On top of working as a chef de cuisine at the Michelin-starred\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abacbarcelona.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ABaC Restaurant &amp; Hotel<\/a> in Barcelona, he also owns\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/somiatruites.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Restaurant Somiatruites<\/a>\u00a0in nearby Igualada that he opened at the age of twenty-five. He&#8217;s one of the youngest Catalan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/some-projects-of-young-and-not-that-young-entrepreneurs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>entrepreneurs<\/strong><\/a> to reach success on such a large scale.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"John_Casablancas\"><\/span>John Casablancas<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Born in Manhattan to Catalan parents who fled Spain during the Spanish Civil War, <strong>John Casablancas\u00a0<\/strong>founded Elite Model Management in Paris in 1972. He&#8217;s also credited with\u00a0inventing the modern concept of the supermodel in popular culture today. During Casablancas&#8217;s management of the agency, it earned almost $100 million annually, proving to be a great success. Although he died in 2013, his mark on the fashion and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/talent-agencies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">modeling<\/a> industries will likely stick around forever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/websites-entrepreneurs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Websites for Entrepreneurs in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"f3cb\" class=\"graf graf--h3 graf--leading graf--title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Robert_Munoz\"><\/span>Robert Mu\u00f1oz<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_94379\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94379\" class=\" wp-image-94379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/white-background-3076954_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"166\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-94379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Robert Mu\u00f1oz\u00a0<\/strong>is the founder of the Barcelona-based online company <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.typeform.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Typeform<\/a><\/strong>. The company specializes in online form building and its services have been used for major international companies such as Airbnb, Apple, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/uber-vs-taxi-capitalism-meets-the-spanish-taxi-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uber<\/a>. It has been majorly successful since its launch in 2012, generating $1.5 million in 2014 alone. The major appeal of the software is that it makes creating beautiful online registration forms, quizzes, surveys, and checkout pages simple for even the least tech-savvy\u00a0clients without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/codeworks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coding<\/a> or additional complications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These <strong>successful Catalan entrepreneurs\u00a0<\/strong>have made a name for themselves both in Catalonia and around the world. With business-minded attitudes and innovative ideas, they&#8217;ve left a lasting influence on a range of industries from culinary arts to fashion and technology. They&#8217;ve revolutionized their fields with modern concepts and creativity to pave their own paths towards business success.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Looking for an apartment in the city? 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