Nicolas De Santis.
The Future Visioneer®
A key protagonist and disruptor of the dot-com era and the global internet.
Nicolas De Santis is a technology entrepreneur, future visioneer, investor, and philanthropist. As an advisor to CEOs and global leaders, he empowers companies and ventures to create billion-dollar disruptive opportunities while driving sustainable impact for people and the planet.
Co-founder of billion dollar tech-enterprises and a key player in the digital revolution and the internet.
Nicolas De Santis is an award-winning tech entrepreneur, investor and future visioneer behind high-profile startups and billion-dollar ventures. Nicolas was a key investor and protagonist in launching and growing two of the most high-profile tech startups of the 1990s and 2000s: Beenz.com, the first web-based digital currency, and Opodo.com, the €1.2 billion revenue European online travel company that disrupted the tourism industry.
Opodo.com
Building a €1.2 billion revenue travel giant during a global crisis.
Nicolas co-founded Opodo.com, the European online travel company, alongside Europe’s global airlines, disrupting the tourism and travel industry. As Chief of Strategy, Marketing, and Sales, he launched Opodo during one of the most challenging periods in the history of the airline and travel industry—the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
Beenz
The First Digital Currency of the Internet.
Nicolas De Santis was both an investor and the Chief Marketing Officer of Beenz.com, where he played a pivotal role in raising nearly $100 million in capital. Discover the remarkable story of how he created and launched the Beenz brand—years before cryptocurrencies—and the unprecedented regulatory, management, and governance challenges the company faced. Read the Story on Substack.
Disruptive innovation advisor for global enterprises, brands and start-ups.
Inventor of Enterprise Visioneering®
Nicolas is the inventor of a new strategic business competence, Enterprise Visioneering®, to generate long-term, multi-decade corporate vision and strategy. His work has transformed industries and companies to lead from the future, including Iberdrola/Scottish Power, now the largest sustainable energy company on the planet.
“Nicolas De Santis is the utmost expert in enterprise visioneering.”
CNN | Richard Quest
ENTERPRISE VISIONEERING®
Nicolas is the founder of Megavisionary Labs
Megavisionary Labs® reinvents companies and teams to lead in the future. Nicolas pioneered Enterprise Visioneering® empowering organizations to create billion-dollar disruptive opportunities while driving positive impact for the planet.
In-person & virtual masterclasses and keynotes
Global Governance Expert and Philanthropist
Nicolas De Santis, serves as President of Gold Mercury International, the pioneering global governance think tank and visionary leadership award established in 1961. Gold Mercury operates at the highest levels of international affairs and business to lead discussions on Visionary Governance®, planetary foresight, innovation, and sustainability.
Inventor of strategic foresight & visioneering frameworks: creating value from global complexity
Global Governance Monitoring System.
Nicolas invented GLOGO®, a unique framework to monitor global complexity and make sense of our interconnected world. GLOGO® anticipates future challenges and opportunities to reduce uncertainty, improve governance, advance sustainable development and maximise visionary leadership.
Watch Nicolas in action!
Nicolas explains how disruptive innovation is advancing sustainability at great speed.
Nicolas explores how the fusion of groundbreaking business models and innovation is driving sustainable solutions to market faster, with the ultimate goal of achieving a net positive planetary balance.
Author of upcoming book 2025
Megavision
Megavision® is the Enterprise Futurising System® to design the disruptive companies of the future and superpower strategy, culture, brands and teams to create the billion-dollar opportunities that empower people and the planet.
Nicolas De Santis' upcoming book, Megavision® | The Magic of Visioning the Future, introduces Megavision® as a revolutionary business system and discipline designed to visioneer the future of corporations. This handbook provides innovative and practical frameworks to help organizations strategically align with external environments, fostering a positive future for both the enterprise and society.
Soon available on Amazon
Future by design not chance
Watch Nicolas explain how space technologies and Mars colonisation create an off-world future for humanity.
Nicolas De Santis, talks about what quintillion-dollar space economies and industries will mean for our interplanetary future.
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