GM Calafiore
PRESIDENT, FOUNDER
GM is the President and Founder of Loop AI Group. A lifelong serial entrepreneur, he first became a CEO at age 19. His career launched as an independent consultant, overseeing projects for Fortune 100 Italian firms to integrate their internal computing systems with Internet and mobile technologies.
Subsequently, GM established GSMBOX, the pioneering pan-European mobile media group that seamlessly fused mobile, Internet, and television platforms. Headquartered in Italy, GSMBOX grew to include subsidiaries in Spain, France, Germany, the UK, and Portugal. In collaboration with Telecinco—Spain’s top commercial broadcaster—and Endemol (now part of 21st Century Fox), a global leader in television entertainment, GSMBOX introduced the world’s first interactive TV format, driving the Mobile Premium Services market. GM also co-founded Endemol-GSMBOX, a London-based joint venture with Endemol International, dedicated to embedding mobile media interactions into Endemol’s globally distributed formats. GSMBOX was later acquired by a subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo.
Under GM’s guidance, GSMBOX transformed from a vision into a powerhouse, gaining over 25 million customers and generating $33 million in revenue within three years of its inception. Remarkably, he navigated the company through the dot-com crash, forging a resilient and successful enterprise.
