Turning visions into new realities
Marsal Gifra is a renowned entrepreneur, space visionary, and futurist with over two decades of leadership in pioneering ventures across the Internet, mobile technology, and the emerging space economy. He is recognized for turning bold visions into transformative realities.
As a visionary founder, Gifra has built and led several high-impact ventures, including Terra (1998), once one of the world’s largest internet portals ; Latinia (2000), a leading SMS platform provider; and Galactic Suite (2007), a first-mover in space tourism . As a space advocate, Gifra founded the Homo Spaciens Initiative in 2011 to promote the long-term vision of an off-Earth civilization. He later joined the 100 Year Starship, a DARPA and NASA joint project focused on interstellar travel . In 2015, he advised ESA on future lunar strategy and proposed the Global Space Fund, aimed at developing a sustainable cislunar economy. As a futurist, Gifra leads the Megatrends Watch Institute, a global foresight think tank, where he explores long-term megatrends and disruptions .