People: Mercadolibre, Inc. (MELI.O)

MELI.O on Nasdaq

36.92USD
9 Feb 2010
Price Change (% chg)

$0.55 (+1.51%)
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$36.37
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$36.84
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$37.57
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$36.12
Volume
601,729
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875,079
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$55.75
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$12.52

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Galperin, Marcos 37 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President
Kazah, Hernan 38 2009 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Tolda, Stelleo 41 2009 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and Country Manager, Brazil
Gimenez, Osvaldo 38 2008 Senior Vice President - Payments
Melamud, Marcelo 38 2008 Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
Spence, Michael 65 1999 Director
Levy, Anton 34 2007 Director
Serra, Veronica 39 2007 Director
Calemzuk, Emiliano 35 2007 Director
Vazquez, Mario Eduardo 73 2008 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Galperin, Marcos Mr. Marcos Galperin is one of the co-founders of Mercadolibre,Inc. He has served as Chief Executive Officer and director since we started in 1999. Prior to working with the company, Mr. Galperín worked in the fixed income department of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. in New York from June to August 1998 and at YPF S.A., an integrated oil company, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he was a Futures and Options Associate and managed YPF’s currency and oil derivatives program from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Galperín received an MBA from Stanford University in 1999 and graduated with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1994.
Kazah, Hernan Mr. Hernan Kazah is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice Preside of Mercadolibre Inc. He is co-founders, has served as chief financial officer since April 1, 2009. Prior to his appointment as chief financial officer, Mr. Kazah served as chief operating officer since formation in 1999, successfully the expansion and consolidation of the company throughout Latin America, and actively participating in both of the Company’s private financing rounds as well as its initial public offering. Before joining MercadoLibre, Mr. Kazah worked at Procter & Gamble Co., in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay from 1994 to 1997, and at the United Nations Development Program prior to that. Mr. Kazah received an MBA from Stanford University in 1999 and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Buenos Aires with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics.
Tolda, Stelleo Mr. Stelleo Tolda is Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and Country Manager, Brazil of Marcadolibre Inc. He is chief operating officer since April 1, 2009. Prior to his appointment as chief operating officer, Mr. Tolda served as a senior vice president and as country manager of Brazil since 1999. In that role he guided MercadoLibre to its current position as the E-commerce marketplace in Brazil. Before joining MercadoLibre, Mr. Tolda worked at Lehman Brothers Inc. in the United States, in 1999, and at Banco Pactual and Banco Icatu in Brazil, from 1996 to 1997 and 1994 to 1996, respectively. He holds an MBA from Stanford University, and a Master’s Degree and Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, also from Stanford.
Gimenez, Osvaldo Mr. Osvaldo Gimenez is a Senior Vice President of Mercadolibre Inc. and has been responsible for MercadoPago operations since February 2004. Mr. Giménez joined MercadoLibre in 1999 as Country Manager of Argentina and Chile. Before joining the company, Mr. Giménez was an Associate in Booz Allen and Hamilton and worked for Santander Investments in New York, New York. Mr. Giménez received an MBA from Stanford University in 1998 and graduated from Buenos Aires Technological Institute with a Bachelor´s degree in Industrial Engineering.
Melamud, Marcelo Mr. Marcelo Melamud is Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer of MercadoLibre, Inc. He has served as the Company’s Vice President Administration and Control since April 2008. From July 2004 through March 2008, he served as the director of finance of MDM Hotel Group, a developer, owner and operator of Marriott branded hotels in Miami, Florida. From July 1998 through July 2004, Mr. Melamud worked in various finance roles for Fidelity Investments, a provider of investment products and services. During his work at Fidelity Investments, Mr. Melamud served as the director of finance of the World Trade Center Boston/Seaport Hotel and he also served as the director of finance of MetroRed Telecom Group Ltd., a fiber-optic telecommunication provider of data, value added, and hosting services within Latin America. Mr. Melamud received his M.B.A. from the Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and is a Certified Public Accountant in Argentina.
Spence, Michael Mr. Michael Spence joined the Board of Mercadolibre Inc. in 1999. Mr. Spence is Professor Emeritus of Management in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, a partner at Oak Hill Capital Partners, a private equity firm, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford. He served as dean of the Stanford Business School from 1990 to 1999. Dr. Spence was awarded the John Kenneth Galbraith Prize for excellence in teaching and the John Bates Clark medal for a “significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge.” In 2001, Dr. Spence received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Dr. Spence earned his undergraduate degree in philosophy at Princeton summa cum laude and was selected for a Rhodes Scholarship. He was awarded a B.S.-M.A. from Oxford and earned his Ph.D. in economics at Harvard. He taught at Stanford as an Associate Professor of Economics from 1973 to 1975. From 1975 to 1990, he served as professor of Economics and Business Administration at Harvard, holding a joint appointment in the Business School and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In 1983, he was named chairman of the Economics Department and George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration. From 1984 to 1990, Dr. Spence served as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard, overseeing Harvard College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Division of Continuing Education. Dr. Spence serves on the boards of General Mills, Inc., a food products company, and a number of private companies. In the past he has served on the boards of Bank of America, Nike Inc., a sporting apparel company, Siebel Systems, Inc., a software company, Exult Inc, a human resources company, Torstar Corporation, a publishing company, and Sun Microsystems, Inc., an information technology company.
Levy, Anton Mr. Anton J. Levy joined the Board of Mercadolibre Inc. in September 2007. Mr. Levy is a Managing Director at General Atlantic, where he has worked since 1998. Mr. Levy heads General Atlantic’s Media and Consumer sector. Mr. Levy has worked closely with many of General Atlantic’s portfolio companies and is currently on our Board of several portfolio companies including AKQA, Dice (DHX), Network Solutions and Webloyalty. He formerly served on the board of Zantaz Corporation. Prior to joining General Atlantic in 1998, Mr. Levy was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley & Co. where he worked with the firm’s technology clients. Mr. Levy is involved in a number of educational and non-profit organizations including serving on our Board of Streetwise Partners. Mr. Levy received a B.S. from the University of Virginia, with degrees in Finance and Computer Science, and his M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, graduating both with highest honors.
Serra, Veronica Ms. Veronica Allende Serra joined the Board of Mercadolibre Inc. in September 2007. Ms. Serra is founding partner of Pacific Advisors where she advises funds and corporations in their acquisitions and strategy. Between 1998-2001, she ran the office for Latin American Investments for International Real Returns LLC, a holding of global investments with $600 million under management with principal capital from the shareholders of Lazard Freres. Ms. Serra has already invested in over a dozen companies in the United States and Latin America. She was an advisor and investor of Patagon, an on-line brokerage and bank that was sold to Banco Santander in the year 2000. Ms. Serra is a member of the advisory board of Endeavor Brazil and of the International Advisory Board of Endeavor Global. Between 1997-1998, she was vice president and Assistant to the CEO of Leucadia National Corporation, an investment holding company with a market cap over $ 10 billion based in New York, NY. Ms. Serra has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Law degree from the University of São Paulo—USP. She also holds an Art and Advertising degree from the Escola Panamericana de Arte.
Calemzuk, Emiliano Mr. Emiliano Calemzuk joined the Board of Mercadolibre Inc. in August 2007. Mr. Calemzuk currently serves as president of Fox Television Studios. From 2002 to 2007, Mr. Calemzuk served as president of Fox International Channels Italy. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Calemzuk was Vice president and deputy managing director of Fox Latin American Channels and was also employed as general manager of Fox Kids Latin America. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Calemzuk served as associate director of Marketing and Promotions for Fox Latin America. Prior to that, he worked at Hero Productions, a production company. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania, with studies at the Wharton School of Business and the Annenberg School of Communications.
Vazquez, Mario Eduardo Mr. Vazquez serves as a Member of the board of Directors of Mercadolibre Inc. He is member of the board of Directors at several companies including Telefónica Argentina S.A., Telefónica Holding Argentina S.A. and YPF S.A. Mr. Vázquez serves as an alternate member of the board of directors of Compañia de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. In addition, he also serves as the president of the Audit Committee of YPF S.A. Mr. Vázquez served as the Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Telefónica in Argentina from June 2003 to November 2006, and served as a member of the board of directors of Telefónica S.A. Spain from November 2000 to November 2006. Since November 2006, Mr. Vázquez has pursued personal interests in addition to his service as a director. Mr. Vázquez is a former partner and general director of Arthur Andersen for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay (Pistrelli, Diaz y Asociados and Andersen Consulting — Accenture) where he served during 23 years until his retirement in 1993. Mr. Vázquez previously taught as a professor of Auditing at the Economics School of the University of Buenos Aires. Mr. Vázquez received a degree in accounting from the University of Buenos Aires.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Galperin, Marcos 487,570
Kazah, Hernan 432,682
Tolda, Stelleo 399,433
Gimenez, Osvaldo 232,439
Melamud, Marcelo --
Spence, Michael --
Levy, Anton --
Serra, Veronica --
Calemzuk, Emiliano --
Vazquez, Mario Eduardo --
As Of 30 Dec 2008

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
LEVY ANTON J 540 $49.29
LEVY ANTON J 598 $49.29
LEVY ANTON J 10,304 $49.46
LEVY ANTON J 184,502 $49.46
LEVY ANTON J 110 $49.29
LEVY ANTON J 2,164 $49.46
LEVY ANTON J 2,391 $49.46
LEVY ANTON J 50 $49.29
LEVY ANTON J 440 $49.46
LEVY ANTON J 2,575 $49.29
LEVY ANTON J 46,127 $49.29
LEVY ANTON J 199 $49.46
GALPERIN MARCOS 32,566 $48.36
GALPERIN MARCOS 7,434 $48.37
GALPERIN MARCOS 60,000 $48.35
LEVY ANTON J 11,900 $41.95
LEVY ANTON J 2,419 $41.95
LEVY ANTON J 43,611 $41.95
LEVY ANTON J 1,014,767 $41.95
LEVY ANTON J 13,148 $41.95
LEVY ANTON J 1,095 $41.95
HERNAN KAZAH 50,000 $44.24
LEVY ANTON J 13,060 $0.00
SPENCE ANDREW MICHAEL 20,000 $44.43
OSVALDO GIMENEZ 5,000 $43.48
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