British-born John Candia Massey, 38, grew up in Spain and is bilingual. After four years in the British Army, John was director and founder of two Spanish companies, firstly the John Candia Group SL specialising in real estate and property development for six years, followed by five years of property development with Candia Group Developments SL. He currently resides in Mallorca, Spain with his wife Amy and has three children.

John co-founded the iProperty Company with British entrepeneur Brian Blake and developed the free property community which was launched in the UK in 2014.