Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Javier Aguera has been working on social impact through tech as a serial entrepreneur, with a focus on mobile industry and privacy.
After having created two startups at the age of 15, and while still in high school, he co-founded Geeksphone, the first European brand to launch an Android smartphone to the market (2009) and the worldwide pioneer
with Mozilla’s Firefox OS (2013).
Following this, he created the Blackphone, the first privacy-centric smartphone, which was recognized by MIT among the top 10 Technological Breakthroughs in 2014 and TIME Magazine among the Best Inventions of 2014. He successfully sold Blackphone to Silent Circle in 2015, and has been their Chief Scientist since then.
He was named Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016, MIT’s TR35 Innovators under 35, an Economic Leader of Tomorrow by Institut Choiseul, and is a recipient of the Princess of Girona Award.
Javier holds a BSc in Telematics Engineering by ICAI (Madrid) and completed his studies at Santa Clara University (California).
