Fernando Garibay is a record producer, songwriter, artist/ DJ, entrepreneur, academic, and polymath. He was the Musical Director of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball and Executive Producer of her Born This Way album. Fernando has written, produced and creatively directed a multitude of artists, including Lady Gaga, U2, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Enrique Iglesias, Bruno Mars, Sia, Kylie Minogue, Shakira, Paris Hilton, and many more.
Fernando, a former executive at Interscope Records, has lectured at Harvard University, Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School and at M.I.T., Stanford University, and California Western School of Law. Fernando has also participated with the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders as a keynote speaker, served as a salon contributor, co-produced and co-hosted Digital Davos, now Davos Worldwide, served as Keynote Speaker for the Future Blockchain Summit in Dubai in mid-October 2023; as well as the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to the UNFCCC.
Fernando is the founder of the Garibay Institute, the first and only research and development center focused on art, creativity, entertainment, film, gaming, and music as an instrument for soft power, cultural identity and patrimony, intellectual renaissance, sustainable economic growth, and public diplomacy. The Garibay Institute unites global leaders, best in-class universities, financial institutions, and influencers/key opinion leaders with elite members of the creative class to catalyze innovation, empower dialogue, and cultivate engaged and inspiring icons of the future.
