Horacio Fernández del Castillo del Val

Horacio León Fernández del Castillo is a Spanish entrepreneur, investor and professor. Currently, he is the Founder of Selfmastered, an executive performance acceleration platform for entrepreneurs & executives. Previously, he was the Academic Coordinator of the Master in Real Estate Development (MRED) and Global Master in Real Estate Development (GMRED) at the IE School of Architecture & Design.

Horacio’s career sits at the intersection between real estate, investing (PE/VC) and education. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Horacio was an investment director and/or partner within the private equity real estate & venture capital industries in Madrid and London, with a strong focus on new technologies applied to the built environment (Proptech) and education (Edtech).

Horacio received a Master’s in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSAM – UPM) and a Master’s in Management from IE Business School. Additionally, he has acquired substantial international academic & professional experience in China (Tongji University, Shanghai), Brazil (Mackenzie University, São Paulo) & India (CEPT, Ahmedabad).

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Founder & CEO; Selfmastered, United States (Remote); 2020 - Present

• Partner & Board Member, CIVETA Venture Capital, Spain, 2016 - Present

• Investment Director, XENIA Private Equity, Spain, 2019 - 2020

• Investment Director, WELZ Private Equity, Spain, 2018 - 2019

• Investment Manager, WELZ Private Equity, Spain, 2017 - 2018

• Associate Deloitte Real Estate, Spain, 2015 - 2017

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• IE University GMRED & MRED Adjunct Professor; 2022 - Present

• IE University GMRED & MRED Academic Coordinator; 2020 - 2022

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Public and Social Leadership Program, Scholarship, UNIR + FUNCIVA, Spain 2021

• Master’s in Management, IE Business School, Spain, 2015

• Master’s in Architecture, Technical University of Madrid (ETSAM – UPM), Spain, 2014