birth_place birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
jerez de la frontera , cadiz 30 july 1981 joaquín ayuso de pául
 joaquin ayuso de paul entrepreneur and investor
joaquín ayuso de pául

joaquín ayuso de paúl , is the co-founder and ex-cto of tuenti , a madrid-based invitation-only private social networking website that has been referred to as the `` spanish facebook '' -lrb- other founders include : zaryn dentzel , kenny bentley , adeyemi ajao , and felix ruiz hernandez -rrb- .
he acquired a degree at instituto católico de artes e industrias -lrb- icai -rrb- in madrid and officially founded tuenti in 2006 as the first to hold an active account with the social network he co-created .
he worked in a project in los angeles , with a company called border stylo , as vp of data products .
he founded a startup based in santa monica , called kuapay , developing a secure payment method .
this startup has investors like myron scholes , who is also chairman of the advisory board .
also bill elkus , founder of clearstone venture partners , joined the company as an investor and advisor .
myron scholes quoted kuapay with `` kuapay possesses a unique and attractive combination of international market strategy , innovative security architecture , and a vision as to the future direction of mobile payments using the smart phone , which immediately drew me to the company , '' said scholes .
`` i see massive potential for kuapay to be a dominant player in the mobile payments market , which is very much still in its infancy .
i look forward to continue to advise this company on its journey to success . '' .
