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How Marcos Galperin Revolutionized Online Shopping in Latin America With Mercado Libre

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Marcos Galperin
Marcos Galperin, Founder and CEO of Mercado Libre, is another understated billionaire who we can learn a lot from.
He created an empire by defying the early doubters, having a long-term focus, and staying true to his mission of democratizing e-commerce and financial services in Latin America.
Today Mercado Libre, translated as “Free market” in English, is valued at around $64 billion and does more than $11 billion in revenue each year.
Not bad for a company that everybody said was a terrible idea at the beginning.
How did Marcos take this “terrible idea” and build it into a juggernaut?
Let’s get to it.

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