Josep San Ruperto is graduated in History at the University of Valencia (2012) and he got a PhD in Early Modern History (2017) with the theses “Transnational Entrepreneurs”. During his predoctoral and postdoctoral career he has visit several international centers as the European University Institute, La Sapienza. Università di Roma, and the University of Exeter. He has participated in different Research Projects financed by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Josep main research fields are the study of transnational merchant networks from the Mediterranean Sea to the World; the analysis of economic and social opportunities during the 17^th century; and the understanding of Valencian and Milanese elites through different case studies.