Marina Tognetti facts for kids
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Marina Tognetti is an Italian entrepreneur and business executive who lives in Amsterdam. She is famous for starting and leading Myngle. Myngle is an online school that teaches languages using live video calls. You can learn 45 different languages through Myngle!
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Marina's Journey: Education and Career
Early Life and Studies
Marina Tognetti studied Business & Economics at Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy. She graduated with honors. Later, she earned an MBA (Master of Business Administration) from INSEAD in France. An MBA is a special degree that helps people learn how to run businesses.
Working Around the World
Marina has lived and worked in many different countries. She even spent a year traveling across Asia! She speaks many languages, including Italian, English, Dutch, French, Spanish, and a little bit of Mandarin Chinese.
She started her career in marketing at Procter & Gamble in Rome. There, she worked on promoting different products that people buy every day. After that, she moved to The Netherlands to work for Philips. At Philips, she was in charge of computer monitors for Southern Europe.
After getting her MBA, Marina joined Sara Lee. She became a Marketing Director in Paris, France, for their coffee and grocery products. Later, she moved back to The Netherlands to lead new product development. She also worked for The Boston Consulting Group, a company that helps other businesses improve.
Starting Myngle: An Idea Comes to Life
Marina wanted to gain hands-on experience with the Internet. So, she joined eBay, a big online marketplace. This experience helped her get ready to start her own company.
She founded Myngle because she found it hard to learn Chinese herself. She realized that learning a language would be much easier if you could learn from a native speaker, just like living in that country. Thanks to the internet, this became possible!
Myngle started small but grew with help from investors like HenQ and Rabobank in 2009. At first, Myngle taught languages to individuals. But soon, it began focusing mostly on helping businesses and their employees learn new languages.
Awards and Recognition
Marina Tognetti is often invited to speak at conferences. She shares her ideas about women in leadership, starting new businesses, and new inventions.
She has received many international awards for her work as a woman in technology. Here are some of her achievements:
- 2008: She won the Accenture Innovation Award, European Ventures Award, and Benelux Ventures Award. She was also named "Female Internet Hero of the Week."
- 2009: She was listed among the "49 Most Notable Female Internet Heroes." She also won the People's Choice Award at the Plugg Conference.
- 2010: She was recognized by "The Next Women."
- 2012: She was named one of the "Top 100 Women in Tech in Europe."
- 2014: She was "GIT Girls in Tech of the Month."
- 2015: She was listed among the "50 Most Inspiring Women Tech Leaders in Europe."
- 2016: She was recognized as one of the "50 Most Inspiring Women in Dutch technology Sector."
- 2017: She received awards like "WEF Iconic Women Creating a Better World for All," "50 Most Inspiring Women in Tech Netherlands," "20 Impeccable Women in Business," and "30 Most Inspiring Women in Business."
- 2018: She was honored with "WEF Exceptional Women of Excellence," "20 Successful Shepreneurs to Watch," and "20 Successful Businesswomen to Look For."
- 2019: She joined the "Elite League of Innovative CEOs" and was named one of the "10 Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs" and "25 Creative Businesswomen Moving Beyond Excellence."
- 2020: She was listed among "The 10 Most Empowering Women in Business."
