Marcial Cuquerella Gamboa (born November 19, 1977) is a Spanish businessman, entrepreneur and investor. Founder of 7NN Televisión.[1][2] He is the Chairman and CEO of Gooru, a live streaming and advertising video company which he co-founded in 2013 as a start-up. Cuquerella is also the founder of The Glue Concept, a company incubator which operates in the US, México and Spain.
Marcial Cuquerella | |
|---|---|
 Marcial Cuquerella | |
| Born | 19 November 1977 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | Comillas Pontifical University IESE IE |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman and CEO of Wouzee Founder, The Glue Concept |
Career edit
Cuquerella has two degrees in engineering (Computing Engineer and Civil Engineer) and two MBAs (IE and IESE). He began his career as a 24-year-old CEO at Grupo Cope Navarra, then in 2005 he was appointed CEO of the Multimedia Company Intereconomía Corp running three TV Stations, a radio, two magazines and a national newspaper in Spain.[3][4] He has funded and produced films related to religion, such as Pope John Paul II [5]
He founded Wouzee, a start up [6][7] based on the live streaming concept,[8] which became famous in February 2016 during the Princess Cristina Trials [citation needed] when someone sneaked a camera in to the proceedings and broadcast everything, despite the judge banning any recording devices in the chamber.[9][10][11][12]
In April 2014 he founded Wouzee America LLC in Houston, Miami and Puebla (México).[13][14]
In 2014, he was identified by the testimony of witnesses during a trial as a leading figure in Spain of the Mexican far-right cult El Yunque.[15][16]
In 2021, Marcial Cuquerella launched a new broadcast channel, 7NN, focused on news and current events.[17][18][19] Cuquerella left 7NN in February 2023 due to new appointments made by the Chairman, and the channel suffered financial problems.[20]
Controversy edit
On September 9, 2014, during an interview Cuquerella was asked for advice for young people looking for a job. In reply he said, "If you are looking for a job, do it for free a couple of months, if you are good enough you will get hired and even they will pay you those months".[21] This statement was broadcast by national media sites.[22][23] The next day he released a press statement where he said that his only intention was to serve as inspiration, not to hurt any feelings.[24]
The Spanish newspaper El País, one of the most important in Spain,[25] has referred to him as a leader of the "Spanish Tea Party".[26]
References edit
- ^ "Marcial Cuquerella estrenará TV en octubre y competirá con de Quinto por la audiencia más conservadora". 15 August 2021.
- ^ "La nueva televisión de Marcial Cuquerella ficha a profesionales de TVE, Vozpópuli y Libertad Digital". 17 September 2021.
- ^ "Marcial Cuquerella sale de Intereconomía TV". telecinco.es.
- ^ Periodista Digital. "Marcial Cuquerella, director general de Intereconomía TV: "Josep Pedrerol se queda" :: Periodismo :: TV :: Periodista Digital". periodistadigital.com.
- ^ "Marcial Cuquerella". IMDb.
- ^ "Cuquerella, cofundador de Wouzee: "Podemos saber la dirección IP desde la que se subió el vídeo de la infanta"". laSexta.com. 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Online streaming platform Wouzee raises €1 million from Unidad Editorial". Novobrief. 23 October 2014.
- ^ Europa Press (3 February 2015). "COMUNICADO: Wouzee lidera el mercado de video streaming en España". europapress.es.
- ^ "Imputado el abogado que grabó el vídeo de la Infanta Cristina". Diariocrítico.com.
- ^ "Unidad Editorial adquiere el 10% de la plataforma de vídeos Wouzee". El Confidencial Digital. 8 October 2014.
- ^ ""El vídeo de la Infanta nos dejó sorprendidos y lo despublicamos en cuanto lo vimos"". Antena3.com. 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Spain probes hidden-cam film of princess in court". The Local Spain. 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ Economia Digital. "La 'app' que filtró el vídeo de la infanta hace las Américas". Economía Digital.
- ^ Ermanno Cece (24 October 2014). "FinSMEs - Wouzee Raises €1M in First Funding". finsmes.com.
- ^ Lobo, José L. (31 May 2014). "Testigos revelan en un juicio la identidad de los miembros de la secta secreta El Yunque". El Confidencial.
- ^ "La Fundación Francisco Franco, Vox y El Yunque detrás del nuevo canal 7nn" (in Spanish). Pandemia Digital. 19 September 2021.
- ^ "La Alternativa, la nueva televisión de Marcial Cuquerella, se estrena en octubre". 14 September 2021.
- ^ "El empresario Cuquerella, junto a ex de Intereconomía y Vox, crea". 17 August 2021.
- ^ Robles, Juan (14 December 2021). "Marcial Cuquerella: "En 7nn.tv sólo hay periodistas comprometidos con la verdad con rigor y profesionalidad"". Actuall (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Terremoto en 7NN: Marcial Cuquerella dimite tras el fichaje de Quintela bendecido por De Quinto" [Earthquake at 7NN: Marcial Cuquerella resigns after the signing of Quintela approved by De Quinto]. Okdiario. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "CEO de Wouzee: "Si buscas trabajo, ofrécete a hacerlo dos meses gratis. Si eres bueno te contratarán" - EE". noticiasespanolas.es. Archived from the original on 2015-05-22.
- ^ abc.es (8 September 2014). "Los consejos del CEO de Wouzee: "Si buscas trabajo, hazlo gratis dos meses. Si eres bueno te contratarán"". ABC.es.
- ^ "CEO de Wouzee: "Si buscas trabajo, ofrécete a hacerlo dos meses gratis"". yometiroalmonte.es.
- ^ "El CEO de Wouzee se explica tras la polémica: "La única intención era servir de inspiración, no de ofensa"". eleconomista.es. 9 September 2014.
- ^ "Principales periódicos por lectores diarios en España en 2022". Statista (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ^ Ediciones El País (2 January 2011). "Los secretos del Tea Party español". EL PAÍS.