At the beginning of his career, Echarte was president and CEO of Echarte Development Co. in Florida, US, where he managed a real estate development of more than three thousand residential housing units. His expertise in the international corporate world was particularly extensive when he was CEO and President of Bacardí Imports, Inc., where he implemented a worldwide strategy for Bacardi's five companies in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Mexico, and Central and South AmericaSouth America. Echarte also developed a range of new products and regional brands and expanded the company's market with extensive distribution agreements. Among the most important products he developed were Bacardi Tropical Fruit Mixers, which sold US$54 million a year and earned recognition from The Wall Street Journal as one of the best new products of 1986.
Truffle CapitalThe firm focuses on investing in information technology, financial technology, insurance technologyinsurance technology, biotechnology, and medical technology companies.
Cultured MagazineIn 2017, Forbes called the magazine an "internationally recognized art and design publication". In 2016, The New York Post's Page Six dubbed it "an award-winning art, design and architectural magazine" The magazine's covers have included pioneers in their disciplines like Solange Knowles, Anicka Yi, Yara Shahidi, Janelle Monae, Grimes, Arthur Jafa, Rowan Blanchard, Denise Scott BrownDenise Scott Brown, Dev Hynes, Virgil Abloh, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Shirin Neshat, Henry, Taylor, Harmony Korine, Takashi Murakami, Terrance Nance, Lena Waithe, Daniel Lee, Titus Kaphar, Kerby Jean-Raymond, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson, Alicia Keys, Alessandro Michele,Toyin Ojih Odutola, Raymond Pettibon, David Adjaye, Cecilia Alemani & Massimiliano Gioni, James Turrell, Swizz Beatz , Kenny Scharf and Thelma Golden. Grimes gave a tell all and publicly changed her name to "c" in a cover piece for the magazine's Fashion issue in 2019.