# Ariel Quinones

> Ariel Quinones is the co-founder and co-CEO of Ironhack, a global tech bootcamp he launched in Madrid in 2013 with Gonzalo Manrique after the two met at Wharton. Raised in a Puerto Rican family of educators, he spotted a mismatch he could not unsee: youth unemployment above 50% in Spain sitting beside hundreds of thousands of unfilled tech jobs. Ironhack was his answer - short, intensive, outcomes-obsessed training that has since graduated thousands of career-changers across campuses in Europe, the Americas, and beyond. He now leads from Miami, preaching a gospel of ruthless focus on student outcomes and over-delivering on what people expect.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Ironhack
- **Organizations:** Ironhack
- **From:** Puerto Rico
- **Nationality:** American / Puerto Rican
- **Education:** Undergraduate degree, Harvard University, MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Ironhack from 13 students to thousands of graduates annually across multiple continents, Built Ironhack campuses across Europe, the Americas, and beyond, spanning nine cities at peak growth, Achieved near 100% job placement with the first Ironhack cohort

## Career timeline

- **pre-2013** — Worked in finance, including five years in New York
- **2013** — Co-founded Ironhack in Madrid with Gonzalo Manrique; first cohort of about 13 students launched that October
- **2014** — Expanded Ironhack to Miami, opening a campus in Brickell
- **2020** — Pivoted Ironhack to remote learning during the pandemic; raised $4.5M led by Brighteye Ventures
- **2021** — Ironhack raised roughly $20M in a Series B round
- **2023** — Publicly championed the acceleration of AI and its role in tech education

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Ironhack from 13 students to thousands of graduates annually across multiple continents
- Built Ironhack campuses across Europe, the Americas, and beyond, spanning nine cities at peak growth
- Achieved near 100% job placement with the first Ironhack cohort
- Bootstrapped Ironhack in its early years before raising a $20M Series B
- Expanded curriculum from web development into UX/UI design, data analytics, and cybersecurity
- Built an enterprise division serving corporate clients including Santander

## Latest updates

- **2023-01** — Spoke publicly about the acceleration of AI and organizations building connected ecosystems with AI at their core.
- **2021-01** — Ironhack closed a Series B round of roughly $20 million.

## Links

- Website: https://ironhack.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arielquinones
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/arielquinones

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Last updated: 2026-07-01