Miguel Salis

Miguel Salis Canosa
Born	1958 (1958) Leon, Spain
Occupation	Partner and CEO of Eolia Renovables

Miguel Salis (born 1958) is a Spanish entrepreneur and the founder of Eolia where he is currently partner and CEO.^[1] He is also a co-founder and former vice-chairman and CFO of Jazztel PLC^[1] and vice-chairman of Ya.com. Previously, Salis worked at Salomon Brothers, Lehman Brothers and Midland Bank.

Salis is an Industrial Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid where he specialised in power technologies. He later went on to receive an MBA from Columbia University in New York where he graduated on 1984. He began his career as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers, Solomon Brothers and Citicorp after which he joined serial entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky to found Jazztel on 1999. Salis worked at Jazztel until 2003 when he joined Varsavsky's holding company Jazzya as a director. Here, Salis incubated and launched the project of Eolia, bringing on board the Spanish investment bank Nmas1. Eolia Renovables is now one of the European leaders in the wind and solar power sector, with operations in six countries and operating capacity of 434 MW.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "A Mighty Wind: Spanish Eco-Darling Eolia Sets IPO". Der Spiegel. 6 February 2008. http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,533431,00.html. Retrieved 4 August 2010. 

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Name	Salis, Miguel
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Date of birth	1958
Place of birth	Leon, Spain
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