About Mike Periu
Mike Periu is a leading national voice for empowerment through financial education.
Mike is a proven entrepreneur and business leader with extensive expertise in corporate and personal finance and work experience that encompasses international business, marketing, finance and management. He has started 3 companies in the past 10 years and is now dedicated to helping other entrepreneurs achieve their full potential.
Biography of bilingual finance expert and entrepreneur Mike Periu
He is the financial expert on Univision’s award-winning morning show Despierta America and has been interviewed over 300 times in national and international media, including CNN en español and several appearances on Al Punto with Jorge Ramos.
Mike is also a business leader in the Hispanic community using his extensive experience to inspire and motivate
aspiring entrepreneurs. He is the founder of EcoFin Media, LLC, a leading provider of financial literacy content for television, radio, print and online distribution.
Mike authors the fast-growing multimedia Spanish-language financial blog DINEROyCREDITO.com and he writes a very popular Spanish-language financial advice column published on Univision.com and leading newspapers across the country.
Goals
Mike’s goal is to empower individuals to realize their life goals through sound and responsible money management. He accomplishes this by providing education, training and insight on the principles of sound money management in a simple and informal way.
Through his clear and direct style, Mike has helped thousands of consumers, entrepreneurs and business owners manage their money better, run their businesses better and given them the skills to differentiate genuine opportunities from false promises.
Reaching millions of households across the United States
Mike Periu reaches over 10 million people every week with his message of self-empowerment through financial dicipline and entrepreneurship. He has established a solid and continually growing multimedia platform focused on the U.S Hispanic market with additional reach into Latin America and Europe.
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Television reach: leadership in providing expert financial advice
Mike Periu is the financial expert on Univision’s award-winning morning show Despierta America. He is also a frequent commentator on Univision’s national daily newscast, the number one Spanish-language newscast in the country and one of the most highly rated newscasts in any language. Mike has also appeared on CNN en espanol, HITN, RTE Television NBC’s Today Show.
Radio reach:recognized financial expert on radio stations across the country
- Mike syndicates his 90 second financial capsule “Cuenta con Mike” to leading radio stations across the country
- Mike is the financial expert on “Grandes Noches con Reyis”, airing on 93.1AMOR FM in New York, the one number Spanish-language station in that market
- Mike is a regular guest on 15040AM Radio America in Washington, DC, W Radio 690 in Los Angeles and other leading talk stations across the country
Print reach
- Mike’s syndicated newspaper column “Dinero y Crédito” is published in leading newspapers and magazines across the country
- Mike also writes a monthly column for ABASTO magazine, a leading magazine for retail business owners
- Makes writes a special weekly column, published Sundays, on small business success for La Opinion, the number 1 Spanish-language newspaper in the country
Online reach
- Mike’s blog DINEROyCREDITO.com is the leading Spanish-language financial blog targeting Hispanics in the U.S.
- Mike also publishes a weekly online column for Univision.com, the #1 Spanish-language destination website in the U.S.
- Mike is breaking grounds with new technology, creating the first fully bilingual financial advice @ on TWITTER: @dineroycredito
- Mike also has a growing following on the number one social network Facebook
Previous work experience, education and civic activities
Mike previously founded Proximo International, a developer of training systems that enhance recruiting and retention at Fortune 500 companies and leading organizations. Prior to that, in 2000, he co-founded Posip, a leading provider of Point of Sale (POS) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software across Latin America.
Mike has also served as a consultant to leading banks, telecommunications companies and other utilities in Latin America, Europe and Africa through the International Finance Corporation. He was involved in structuring acquisitions, private equity placements and privatization transactions.
Mike has degrees in Finance and International Business from Georgetown University. He is also a distinguished recipient of several awards including the Phillips Award for Entrepreneurship.
