#102: Pioneering Fintech in Latin America with Mercado Pago's Osvaldo Giménez

Geeks Of The Valley

Osvaldo Giménez serves as the President of Fintech at Mercado Libre, and is also the CEO of Mercado Pago, its financial services division.

Osvaldo shares his journey, the challenges of building fintech solutions for diverse markets, and the strategies that have made MercadoLibre Latin America's largest e-commerce powerhouse,

Mercado Pago is Mercado Libre’s financial services unit accounting for over 50M active users and over $50B in transaction volume, where he oversees the business strategy, including product development and promotion. Mr. Giménez joined Mercado Pago in 2004 and became President in 2020. Osvaldo was previously Country Manager for Mercado Libre in Argentina and was responsible for launching the digital trading platform in Chile, Uruguay and Peru following the firm’s IPO.

Before joining Mercado Libre, Giménez was an associate consultant at Booz Allen and Hamilton and worked in the fixed income department at Santander in New York.

Giménez graduated with a degree in industrial engineering from ITBA (Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires) and holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/osvaldogimenez/
• Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mercadolibre

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