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Romero Rodrigues

Romero Rodrigues
CEO & Founder
Buscapé

Nov/12, Buscapé incorporated all Compshop assets of Naspers Group, becoming the world leader in its category. RR is responsible for 1,200+ employees in 20+ emerging markets, including Brazil, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, Mexico, Colombia, Czech, Italy, South Africa and Nigeria.

Founder and CEO of Buscapé Company

Co-founded Buscapé in 1998, where leaded 20+ acquisitions during the last 15 years. Raised 4 rounds of capital, creating secondary exits for all investors, including Itaú Unibanco and Merrill Lynch (return of 4.3x), Great Hill Partners (return of 11x) and e-Platform Venture Partners (return of 50x). Company was acquired by Naspers in Sep/09 for US$ 374MM.

Board Member at Endeavor Brazil (Fundação Endeavor)

Active angel investor in Brazilian and US start-ups

Board member and consultant board of several start-ups and IT companies: Wayfair.com (Listed in the NYSE,US), PayU Global (Netherlands), 7Pixel (Italy), Neogrid, Ascenty, Movile

BSc in Electrical and Computer Science Engineering at Escola Politécnica of University of Sao Paulo (POLI-USP)