01
1977
Los Angeles
I was born in California into an Equatoguinean family, with the world already woven into my identity.
DONATO M. MALANGO DYOMBE · FOUNDER & CEO
Lead with purpose.
Build with humanity.
From Los Angeles to Malabo. From Madrid to Europe. From football and international retail to building an ecosystem where talent finds direction, opportunity and genuinely human support.
20+years leading teams
6countries of experience
2ndyear as a lecturer
“I do not represent files. I stand beside people. Because when people come first, excellence stops being a promise and becomes the natural outcome.”
THE MALANGONDO WAYTHE JOURNEY
It was not the plan.
Yet every stage had meaning.
My path is not a straight line. It is a collection of countries, teams, reinventions, scars and decisions that taught me to see potential where others only see labels.
02
Childhood
Malabo
I grew up in Equatorial Guinea. There I learned the value of roots, community and dignity.
03
1990
Madrid
I arrived in Spain at thirteen. A new chapter began: adapting, studying, playing football and shaping who I would become.
04
2003
Nzalang Nacional
I wore the Equatorial Guinea national shirt. Brief in minutes, immense in meaning.
05
20+ years
International leadership
From Zara, Ralph Lauren and Brooks Brothers to Apple: teams, markets and cultures across six European countries.
06
Today
Founder & CEO
I am building Malangondo Group: talent, culture, sport, impact and new narratives connected by one purpose.
IDENTITY
Three geographies.
One compass.
United States
Where I was born and where a global outlook began.
Equatorial Guinea
My roots, my memory and my commitment to creating opportunities in return.
ES
Spain
The country where I grew up, studied, built my family and developed my career.
MY DRIVING FORCE
Family is not behind the project.
It is at its heart.
My wife, Noemí, and our children, Yahelin and Joel, are why the word legacy has real meaning to me. Life has taught us that caring is also a form of leadership, that resilience can be trained, and that no professional success makes up for arriving alone.
People First begins at home.
TEACHING · ESBS MADRID
Sharing experience to develop better leaders.
This year marks my second academic year as a lecturer at ESBS Madrid, teaching Team Management and Soft Skills. I bring more than two decades of real-world experience leading multicultural teams, managing talent and supporting people in demanding environments into the classroom.
Leadership is not explained through theory. It is demonstrated in how we treat people.
TODAY AND TOMORROW
What I am
building.
Malangondo Group was created to connect talent, strategy and impact. Our ambition is not to accumulate projects, but to build structures that endure.
CULTURE · 01
M.O Black Excellence
Representation, brand development and opportunities for voices transforming culture.
SPORT · 02M.O Sports Talent
Holistic athlete development through strategy, close support and a long-term career vision.
GROUP · 03Malangondo Group
A business ecosystem with a 2030 horizon: people, brands and legacy.
IMPACT · 04Football without Racism 2030
An initiative in development to help build a fairer, safer and more inclusive game.
AGENDA · PROJECTS · IDEAS
In motion.
Each month I share where I will be, the projects we are advancing and the conversations we want to open. Because work is also measured by the relationships it builds and the impact it leaves.
SEPTEMBER 2026Talent, identity and transformation
Talent, identity and transformation
Where I will be
On 13 September, we will be in Madrid for the second edition of the identity and hair care workshop. On 14 and 15 September, I will attend the World Football Summit, a strategic space to connect with football industry professionals.
What we are advancing
Through M.O Black Excellence Management, we will connect identity, representation, culture and professional development. Through M.O Sports Talent Management, we will explore trends, partnerships and opportunities for the projects and athletes we support.
The conversation we want to open
We want to discuss talent through a career lens, identity as an asset, and the transformation that happens when opportunities and people come first.
After the event
This entry will be updated with photographs, lessons, contacts and conclusions. Throughout the month, I will add other encounters aligned with our philosophy: creating opportunities and building valuable relationships.
AUGUST 2026The work that never stops
The work that never stops
Where I will be
While much of the calendar pauses, football enters one of its most intense periods. We attended Robus’s presentation at Ourense CF and supported Alex Sibacha’s move to Rayo Vallecano.
What we are advancing
We negotiated and confirmed renewals and new clubs for all twenty M.O Sports Talent Management players. We also reached an agreement with Spain International Sports to develop joint projects and broaden our ability to create opportunities.
The conversation we want to open
We highlighted the value of genuine support and strategic alliances: behind every signature lie trust, family decisions and a vision for the future.
After the event
We closed August with the full roster ready for the season and a new alliance underway. Twenty different journeys, one shared commitment: People First.
VOICES · MEMORY · PURPOSE
Conversations that
leave a mark.
I also build through words: creating spaces for honest, unguarded dialogue and joining conversations that help us understand where we come from and who we are choosing to become.
TR3S
PODCASTCICATRIC3S
A MALANGONDO GROUP ECOSYSTEM PROJECT
Our scars are part of our story.
I created Tr3S Podcast · Cicatric3s to open an honest conversation about the wounds that the development years can leave on racialised athletes. A space where scars are not hidden: they are heard, understood and transformed into learning for those coming next.
Explore the YouTube channel
EPISODE 1AS A GUEST
Nadie nos ha dado vela
With Lucía Mbomío and Laurent Leger-Adame, I spoke about identity, belonging, family, music and a life journey spanning Los Angeles, Malabo, Madrid and Europe.
Listen to the conversationCOMING SOONIT WASN'T
DONATO MALANGO
IT WASN'T
THE PLAN,
BUT I WOULD
DO IT ALL
AGAIN
DONATO MALANGOTHE FORTHCOMING BOOK
A story of reinvention, love and purpose.
Seventeen chapters. More than two hundred pages. An honest conversation about migration, leadership, falling, caring and starting again at forty-eight. It is not a formula for success; it is the map of a man who learned that even what breaks the plan can build the purpose.
PEOPLE, TALENT AND CULTURE
Purpose
in motion.
Every project is built in the real world: supporting careers, celebrating milestones and working alongside people who share our values.
LEADERSHIP NOTES
Ideas for leading
with greater humanity.
FEATURED ARTICLE
Leadership also means caring.
I have seen time and again that when you care well, results arrive differently.