Ricardo Badoer | |
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| Born | Ricardo Badoer April 4, 1977 Teheran, Iran |
| Nationality | Sweden |
| Alma mater | Rudbeck Skolan in City of Örebro |
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| Spouse |
Isa (m. 2007) |
| Children | 3 |
American football career | |
| Wazito F.C. & CDE Ursaria | |
| Position: | Owner |
| Career history | |
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Ricardo Badoer is a Swedes|Swedish businessman. He is the owner of Wazito F.C. of the Kenyan Premier League (KPL)and CDE Ursaria of the Tercera Federación.
Early life and education
editRicardo is born to a Spanish Father and Iranian Mother .
Ricardo started working weekends at the age of 15 in restaurants to support his interest in boxing and judo. He never attended university after upper secondary school.
Business career
editBadoer started his first business at the age of 20, renovating homes with his friend. One year later when visiting Spain on holiday he decided to stay and work as a property agent in Alicante area.
Within a year, he had made enough money to buy a rundown house that he renovated and sold for profit. This slowly evolved into a construction company named Badoer Invest.
Between 2001 and 2008, during the Spanish economic boom, Badoer Invest built and sold properties in southern Spain, making Badoer a multi-millionaire at the age of 25.
In 2003 Badoer founded Caixa Rico in Panama as a financial services provider and used it as a vehicle to invest in the financial market. Caixa Rico Used Webmoney (online payment settlement system) to avoid high Banking fees.
It was Webmoney that sparked his interest in digital currency. And when Bitcoin was launched 2009, Badoer started using it in his company for settling transfers. He started trading Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a hobby until 2017.