Gustavo Ignacio Gomez was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He holds a dual degree in International Relations and History from Tufts University. He has completed executive business studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, IPADE Business School, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. A serial entrepreneur, he has advised award-winning film and theater production companies and serves as an investor and board member of IVC Networks in Venezuela. He is a candidate for an ALM in Extension Studies at Harvard in 2027, where he is currently developing two novels and a memoir. He lives in Panama City, Panama, with his wife, three dogs, two cats, and, in classic Monty Python tradition, surrounded by very nice (but not too expensive) shrubberies.