Esade History
Transforming society through people for more than 60 years
In 1958, we founded Esade to address the need to drive a collective transformation of the country, its economy and companies. From the outset, we knew that this change had to be based on social commitment and society’s most valuable asset: its people.
Consequently, our mission has always been to guide and train new generations of committed leaders to have a positive impact and create a better future and a fairer, more diverse and egalitarian society. We aim to train leaders with a global vision, dedicated to creating a more sustainable and developed world and with a clear idea that new technologies need to be based on values and serve as a means to improve people’s lives. All this because we believe that significant change is only possible when innovation and social commitment go hand in hand.
New leadership to make an impact
Today, we want to recapture that initial spirit, promoting a significant change through professional development and the holistic education of tomorrow’s leaders.
In particular, this implies underscoring companies’ human dimension because firms consist primarily of human potential. Their leaders are the ones who will be capable of provoking the transformation that global reality demands today, including the key challenge of sustainability.
Esade’s history in pictures
Foundation of Esade by the company of Jesus and a group of businessmen
First Esade campus
Upper Management Programmes, 1960
Esade: a platform for democratic debate
New Madrid campus, 1982
New building on Av. Esplugues, 1992
New Sant Cugat campus, 2009
Rambla of Innovation, 2018
New edTech spaces, 2021