Episode 76: Santiago Marquez, CEO at Wholesale Congress Series

"I want to learn early to slow down and enjoy the journey. Sometimes we spend many years focused on moving forward — and only later do you realize how important it is to pause, appreciate the process, and enjoy the moment." — Santiago Marquez, CEO at Wholesale Congress Series, in conversation with Anurag Aggarwal

From selling ad space in a telecom magazine…

to attending his first wholesale industry event with wide eyes and a curious mind…

to building the world's largest gathering for the global messaging ecosystem —

Santiago's journey is one of vision, patience, and people!

In this episode of Humans of Telecom, Santiago opens up about:

🌍 How a chance encounter with the wholesale telecom world in 2006 sparked an idea that would take years to become reality

🎤 The story behind Wholesale World Congress — from dreaming of 500 attendees, to welcoming over 2,000 today

🤝 Why his customers literally convinced him to take over a struggling event — and how that became LAWC in Buenos Aires

🥃 His deep love for whiskey — not just the taste, but the craft, the tradition, and the storytelling behind every bottle

📦 And yes — over 1,000 unopened bottles in his collection. Yes, you read that right!

🖨️ The night shift at a printing press that taught him more about design and detail than any classroom ever could

👨‍👧‍👦 Two sons, Felipe and Vicente — his other world, his greatest anchor

❤️ And his simple but powerful life philosophy: treat others the way you'd like to be treated!

From Uruguay to Madrid to Buenos Aires to every corner of the telecom world —

Santiago is proof that when you build with humility and lead with heart, an entire industry shows up for you!

🎧 Listen now on your favorite podcast platform, and follow Humans of Telecom for more extraordinary voices shaping the industry and inspiring the human spirit!

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