MELI

Marcos Galperin is the founder and CEO of MercadoLibre, Inc. (MELI), Latin America's largest e-commerce platform. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 31, 1971, Galperin grew up in a family with a strong entrepreneurial background. He studied economics at the Universidad de San Andrés in Argentina and later earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1999.

MercadoLibre is the largest e-commerce and online marketplace platform in Latin America, founded in 1999 by Marcos Galperin in Argentina. Often compared to eBay or Amazon, MercadoLibre operates across several Latin American countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, and others.