Jordan Fried is a serial entrepreneur who currently resides in Puerto Rico. After moving to the island in 2020, Jordan Fried and his wife fell in love with the Puerto Rican culture and people. His primary goal is to bring awareness to Puerto Rico through this website and to help attract more visitors to the island.
Jordan Fried grew up in Buffalo, New York. The second oldest of 10 children, Jordan was passionate about business from a very early age – mostly as a way to support himself. Jordan Fried dropped out of college and moved to Budapest, Hungary where he successfully started an sold his first software company, Buffered VPN.
Jordan has since started several other businesses, including Hedera.com, PuertoRico.com, Emailchaser.com, JordanFried.com, and more.
Jordan Fried is very passionate about helping those in need. His mom, Michele Fried, founded Adoption S.T.A.R. to help place foster children with forever families. This has had a big impact on Jordan’s life, as six of his nine siblings are adopted, including three sisters with Down syndrome and his two African American brothers, Zachary and Jared.
Jordan Fried gives generously to many causes, including Gaudium et Spes and Chabad of Puerto Rico. After the Horrific October 7th, 2023 attack by the terrorist organization Hamas in Israel, Jordan Fried became a co-founder of a new 501(c)3 non-profit called Israel Friends. Israel Friends has since raised $20m to help the Israeli people and correct the misinformation about Israel.
Jordan is an active technology investor. He’s invested in companies like Axelar, Buffer, KetoneIQ, LifeMD, Burger Social, Swirlds, Clearview AI, Antifund by Jake Paul and Geoffrey Woo, and many others. He’s been featured in Time Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc.com, Wired.com, Success.com, Business Insider, and more.
When he’s not working, Jordan Fried enjoys reading anything that’s non-fiction and staying active and exploring all the Island of Puerto Rico has to offer with his wife and three young boys.
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