Marcos Galperin
$8.46B
as of 01/18/26
About Marcos Galperin
Marcos Galperin is founder of e-commerce platform MercadoLibre, the eBay of Latin America.
MercadoLibre, which operates in 18 Latin American countries and Portugal, went public in 2007 on the Nasdaq.
In 2026, after 26 years at the helm, Galperin stepped down as CEO and became executive chairman of the company.
He worked at Argentine oil company YPF for three years and as a summer intern at JPMorgan before starting MercadoLibre in 1999.
Personal stats
Citizenship
ArgentinaSource of wealth
E-commerceResidence
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBirth date
10/31/71 (age 54)Education
Master of Business Administration, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton SchoolSelf-made
self-madeMarcos Galperin’s fortune is worth
141K
troy ounces of gold
130K
median U.S. household
85K
median U.S. income
0.169%
U.S. credit card volume
0.034%
GDP of the United States
0.025%
United States debt
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Galperin hails from Argentine business royalty. His grandfather started Sadesa, a tannery that has grown into one of the country's largest leather manufacturers.
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NASDAQ | MELI-US
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