Episode 2: Unibuddy—Diego Fanara, Co-Founder and CEO

Meet Diego Fanara — Co-Founder and CEO of Unibuddy. Unibuddy is a student engagement platform that helps institutions with higher education recruitment, marketing, and admissions. By connecting existing students to prospective students, Unibuddy helps students make one of the most important purchasing decisions of their life — where to go to college.

Diego was born and raised in Geneva, Switzerland. As a kid, he had always dreamed of working on Wall Street or London in financial management, but those dreams were disrupted as he began his university search. Diego’s parents chose the path of entrepreneurship over advanced education, so it was up to him to figure out if, where, and when he wanted to go to university.

And it was during this season of his life where the idea which would become Unibuddy began to form. Fast forward a few years. In 2017, Unibuddy launched with five partner schools in the UK. Today, they work with more than 250 institutions around the world. 

Tune in to learn more about the people, the experiences, and the opportunities that inspired a young man who dreamed of being a broker in New York to become a leading pioneer in education technology. 

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