About Rodrigo

Rodrigo Martinez is the Founder and CEO of AZUL, a high-end events and bespoke experiences company. He is an award-winning creative executive that over the last two decades has designed and produced services, experiences, and events for a wide range of clients and teams including Fortune 500 executives and companies, UHNW individuals, government agencies, and non-profit organizations.

Rodrigo has appeared in: HBO, CBS, GMA, Boston Globe, NYT, WIRED, LA Times, HBR, EDGE-Serpentine Gallery; and has been on the stage at: Exponential Medicine, Summit, TED Unplugged 2018, ARC Fusion, World’s Top 50 Innovators, SXSW, and various TEDx events.

And his work has been recognized by awards incl: Fast Co World Changing Ideas '20, Most Innov. Co 2018, MIT Tech Review 50 Smartest Co '16 & '17, CNBC 50 Disruptor '18 & '19, MDEA Gold Award, Core 77 Design Strategy, BCG Strategy Award, COLOR Magazine Leadership Award 2021, and a Webby.

Rodrigo is a graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School where he was a World Bank Scholar. He sits on the board of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, GBH, and Tiempo Company. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters. Rodrigo is a foodie, aspiring wing-foiler, and freediver with a breath hold of 5 mins. 10 secs.