Nely Galán

Latina media dynamo Nely Galán—dubbed the “Tropical Tycoon” by The New York Times Magazine is one of the entertainment industry’s savviest firebrand talents—bringing her considerable expertise to full effect as a successful producer and entrepreneur; a galvanizing powerbroker in the Latino world; and a female empowerment and motivational speaker.

Galán has appeared on the NBC hit The Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump joining an all-star cast including Gene Simmons, Nadia Comaneci, Marilu Henner and the infamous Omarosa. Galán’s appearance on the show, where she raised $250,000 for her charity COUNT ME IN, furthering her reputation as one of the nation’s top female moguls.

In her role as public speaker, Galán routinely draws rave reviews for her mesmerizing presentations on the Latino market, entrepreneurship and female empowerment. She is also frequently cited for her influential work outside the industry as a board member for Count Me In (the leading national non-profit provider for women entrepreneurs) and The Smithsonian Institute.

Galán embarked on her career in entertainment at age 22 when she was named the nation’s youngest station manager for WNJU TV Channel 47 in New York. Owned by Jerry Perenchio and Norman Lear, the station became the launch pad for what is now the Telemundo Network.

In 1992, Galán continued her trajectory, forming “Tropix”, a joint venture with HBO that developed Latino content for cable.

In 1998, Sony tapped Galán as their President of Entertainment for Telemundo—becoming the first Latina to hold this office at a major network. Three years later, NBC purchased Telemundo and Galan Entertainment was awarded a development deal that produced the hit Latino sitcoms Los Beltran, Viva Vegas, and Solo en America. Galán also created and produced the internationally acclaimed, popular daytime talk show Father Albert, and the hit reality series La Cenicienta and El Principe Azul.

In the wake of two successful seasons of  The Swan (averaging 10 million viewers a week) Galán’s involvement as both the show’s creator and in-house life coach prompted her to forge strategic alliances with the nation’s premier doctors and experts, along with renowned self-help contributors. Her launch of The New You TV logically built upon her Swan experience, and is further incubating the multi-platform brand to include a television show, the web site, and an event and merchandising business.

Galán’s latest venture, Ms. Mogul, harnesses her passion for helping women create their own businesses to garner financial independence and wealth. Her Ms. Mogul web site is also being developed as a multi-platform brand.

Galán, the original “Ms. Mogul”, is also a devoted single mom to her 8 year old son. Based in Venice, California, she also spends a lot of time in New York, Miami and Santa Fe.

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