About
Salvador Rivero studied political science and finance at Sciences Po in France. He spent nine years in investment roles focused on Latin American equity markets and is a founder of multiple companies.
Founder at LevoYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Salvador went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Salvador can intro founders to Levo's investors below.
Levo's investors · 2
Co-founders at Levo
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Max MergenthalerFounder
Experience
- BinanceMexico General Managercurrent2025 — present
- KuhniPayCo-Founder2023 — 2025Mexico
- FintualCountry Manager Mexico2023 — 2024Mexico
- FintualHead of Investment Products Mexico2023Mexico City, Mexico
- LevoCEO & Founder2020 — 2023Mexico City, Mexico
- BBVA en MéxicoVP Senior Equity Fund Manager2015 — 2021Mexico City Area, Mexico
- BBVA en MéxicoVP Asset Allocation2017Mexico City Area, Mexico
- K&B Family OfficePortfolio Analyst2013 — 2014Panama
- HSBCEquity Derivatives & Structured Solutions Assistant Sales - EMEA2013Paris Area, France
- Key Capital PartnersEquity Derivatives Broker2012Madrid Area, Spain
- Key Capital PartnersEquity Derivatives Broker2010 — 2011Madrid Area, Spain
Skills & more
English5Equity Derivatives11Investment Banking6Financial Markets6Capital Markets2Corporate Finance6Economics6Bloomberg3Portfolio Management4Financial Modeling3Financial Analysis1
Languages English · French · German · Portuguese · Spanish
- Figura 3 - Asesor en Estrategias de Inversión — AMIB oficial - Asociación Mexicana de Instituciones Bursátiles
- Exploratory Data Analysis — Coursera
- Getting and Cleaning Data — Coursera
- R Programming — Coursera
- Manipulating Time Series Data in R with xts & zoo — DataCamp
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Salvador Rivero?
- Salvador Rivero studied political science and finance at Sciences Po in France. He spent nine years in investment roles focused on Latin American equity markets and is a founder of multiple companies.
- Where does Salvador Rivero work?
- Salvador Rivero is Founder of Levo.
- What companies did Salvador Rivero found?
- Salvador Rivero founded Levo.
- Where did Salvador Rivero go to school?
- Salvador Rivero studied at Sciences Po (Masters Degree, Finance & Strategy); Sciences Po (B.A., Political & Social Science); Y Combinator (YC S21).
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