Quepasa
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| Type of business |
Public Previous Stock Symbol (: QPSA) |
|---|---|
| Available in |
Spanish English Portuguese |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Area served | USA , Latin America |
| Founder(s) | Jeffrey Peterson |
| Key people | John Abbott, CEO Michael Matte, CFO Louis Bardov, CTO |
| Industry | Social media |
| Employees | ~75 (2006) |
| Website | quepasa.com |
| Alexa rank |
 8,873,857 (April 2014[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Free |
| Users |
 32 million (March 3, 2011) |
| Current status | Offline |
Quepasa Corporation was a US-based social media technology company catering to Latin Audiences worldwide. Quepasa owned and operated Quepasa.com, a social network, Quepasa Games (formerly Techfront), a social game development studio, and Quepasa Contests, a social media advertising solution (formerly Quepasa DSM). Initially founded as a Hispanic web portal and later revived by its founder as a Social Network that grew to over 30 million users,Quepasa was the first publicly traded company focused on the bilingual English/Spanish language U.S. Hispanic internet demographic.
In 2012, Quepasa suspended operations after a $100 million acquisition, name change and sale to MeetMe.
Founded in Phoenix, Arizona and later with headquarters in West Palm Beach, Florida (with offices in Scottsdale, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami and Mexico), Quepasa Corporation owned Quepasa.com, one of the world's largest, bicultural & bilingual Latino Social Networks on-line. Quepasa.com, and sister site Corazones.com served users in the U.S., Mexico, Latin America and the world in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. In July, 2011, the company merged with teen social network myYearbook
Quepasa Corporation was founded by Jeffrey Peterson in 1997. The Company was headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, with offices in Los Angeles, California and West Palm Beach, Florida.
In 1998 Quepasa raised US$20 million from private investors, including television broadcaster Telemundo and Phoenix sports businessman Jerry Colangelo. Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres and former CNBC Chief Business Commentator William Siedman joined the Board of Directors.
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