Marcos Galperin

CEO, MercadoLibre

Marcos Galperin is president and CEO of MercadoLibre Inc and is president of the Board of Directors. He is a co-founder of the company which is now a dominant player in the Latin American region with sites across nine countries including Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico. Additionally, every month the company manages more than 1.2 million transactions, attracting 750,000 unique buyers. Mr. Galperin is a board member of Endeavor and a board member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to MercadoLibre, he worked in the fixed income department of J.P. Morgan Securities in New York from June to August 1998 and at YPF S.A., where he was a Futures and Options Associate and managed YPF’s currency and oil derivatives program from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Galperin received an MBA from Stanford University and graduated with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Marcos Galperin es presidente y CEO de MercadoLibre y presidente de la junta directiva. Es co-fundador de la empresa, que tiene sitios de internet en más de nueve países de la región, incluyendo Brasil, Argentina y México. Cada mes la empresa maneja mas de 1.2 millones de transacciones, con mas de 750,000 compradores individuales. El Sr. Galperin es miembro de la junta directiva de Endeavor y es miembro de la junta directiva del Stanford Graduate School of Business. Antes de MercadoLibre, trabajó en la división de renta fija en J.P. Morgan Securities en Nueva York de junio a agosto de 1998 y en YPF S.A. en donde era asociado en futuros y opciones y manejaba el programa de derivados de petróleo y monedas de 1994 a 1997. El Sr. Galerpin obtuvo un MBA de Stanford y se graduó con honores del Wharton School de la Universidad de Pennsylvania.