Mateo Salvatto is a 24-year-old tech entrepreneur from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
When he was 17 he achieved Argentina's first ever International Robotics Championship in Israel, and a year later created his first company: Asteroid, whose first product, the Háblalo app, already assists more than 375.000 people with communication disabilities in 65 countries, entirely for free. Meanwhile, Asteroid works side by side with companies and governments to transform them into more inclusive organisations using technology. Their mission is to turn society into a more accessible place for all through their "Inclusion Revolution".
Mateo also serves as a teacher in innovation & entrepreneurship to young kids at ORT Schools. His book "The Battle for The Future", written to motivate the new generations to collaborate for good, has sold +70k copies and became #1 Best Seller in 2021. For his many appearances on national and international media pronouncing about the importance of technology as a force for good,he is recognized as one of the primary young voices in Argentina, having been awarded, for example, with the national Golden Eikon to the Communicator of the Year in 2022.
He was also recognized as Humanitarian Innovator of the Year by MIT Technology Review, Best Social Innovator Worldwide by Peking University and Outstanding Entrepreneur by National Congress, among many other important awards. Asteroid was selected in 2020 as one of the Top 100 Startups Worldwide by the Global Entrepreneurship Network in Saudi Arabia.
Lately, Mateo was included in the "MERCO Ranking" as the 38th most influential businessman in Argentina (youngest in history on the ranking).