Andrés Freire
| Andrés "Andy" Freire | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 January 1972 Buenos Aires City, Argentina |
| Occupation | Minister of Modernization and Technology of Buenos Aires City, Ex CEO de Axialent, Presidente de Endeavor Argentina |
| Children | 4 children |
Andrés "Andy" Freire (born January 14, 1972) is an entrepreneur recognized for co-founding and led Officenet (purchased by Staples in 2004), a company that revolutionized the industry of distribution (retail) of office supplies in Latin America raising over 50M USD (most of it after the Nasdaq 2000 crash) from investors including Goldman Sachs, GE Capital, George Soros, JP Morgan Chase, Warburg Pincus, KKR, Thomas H. Lee Partners, FleetBoston Financial, GP Investimentos and Banco Santander.
A case called "Officenet: how to make entrepreneurship work in Argentina" was written by Harvard Business School and taught at over 25 universities including the universities of Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Georgetown, IE Business School and Commercial University of Paris.
He has participated as guest professor or guest speaker at several universities including Stanford, Harvard, Notre Dame, Wharton, and IE in Spain. His book "Passion for Entrepreneurship – From Idea to Crude Reality" was published in Spanish and Portuguese becoming a best seller in several countries in Latin America (including #1 best selling business book in Argentina for five months in a row since publication)
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