About me
Mateo Salvatto is a 25-year-old tech entrepreneur from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
When he was 17 he achieved the “International Robotics Champion” title, and a year later created his first company: Asteroid, whose first product, Háblalo, already assists more than 400.000 people with communication disabilities around the world, entirely for free.
Mateo today serves as Head of Innovation for ORT Schools, his book «The Battle for The Future» has sold +50k copies (#1 Best Seller 2021), has grown into a huge social influencer for inclusion, science and technology throughout latin america, and was recognized as Humanitarian Innovator of the Year by MIT Technology Review, Best Social Innovator by Peking University and Outstanding Entrepreneur by the National Congress, among other important awards. His company, Asteroid, was selected in 2020 as one of the Top 100 Startups Worldwide by the Global Entrepreneurship Network in Saudi Arabia.
Lately, Mateo was awarded Global Entrepreuneur of the Year by One Young World in UK.