Angel
Rivera.

Angel Rivera is an entrepreneur and the founder, chairman and CEO of Vadera Capital Corporation. His work spans consumer brands, creator technology, practical education and business preparation.

Rivera’s consumer-brand work includes Vera Wear, founded in 2011 as a fashion and entertainment brand spanning apparel and cosmetics, and VAGARi, an energy-drink brand. Vera Wear shifted from continuous production to seasonal drops in 2025. VERA Collabs continues that evolution, bringing beauty releases together with future model, creator and brand collaborations. A 2022 interview about its model-search campaign documents the brand’s work in entertainment and audience building.

Today, Rivera leads Vadera Capital and its work on Vadera Pulse, a platform focused on creator performance and discovery. His portfolio also includes vaderaU, which makes noncredit learning available in business, creator careers and AI. The connecting thread is a practical interest in how people build, communicate their value and move an idea forward.

His work in artificial intelligence includes ONEN OS, his AI company. ONEN OS develops a multi-agent operating system that brings AI operatives into connected tools such as email, calendars and messaging.

Through The Rivera Organization, he shares his experience in The Blueprint, a self-paced course on business readiness, pitch materials and fundraising preparation. The course draws on his own work, including Vadera Capital’s reported $1.2 million raise.

Rivera is a Forbes Business Council member and contributing author. He writes about leadership, AI and the infrastructure behind the creator economy. His writing has also appeared in Forbes Japan, and his article on leading an AI initiative was a Forbes Councils Editors’ Choice selection in July 2026.