About the brand ❤️
Mercado Libre, Inc. (often styled Mercado Libre in Spanish and Mercado Livre in Portuguese) is a major e-commerce and technology company founded on 2 August 1999 by Marcos Galperin in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It operates the largest online marketplace in Latin America, enabling millions of buyers and sellers across about 18 countries to transact in a wide range of products and services. Mercado Libre’s ecosystem goes beyond traditional e-commerce: it includes digital payment services (Mercado Pago), logistics (Mercado Envíos), credit (Mercado Crédito), advertising (Mercado Ads), and solutions for merchants (Mercado Shops). Headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, and incorporated as a public company listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker MELI, Mercado Libre has become one of the region’s most valuable and influential tech companies, often compared to global counterparts like Amazon due to its scale, innovation, and integration of commerce and financial services. It continues to invest heavily in technology, logistics, fintech, and expanded services to support the digital economy across Latin America.
Founded: 1999
Headquarters:
Montevideo, Uruguay
Owner: MercadoLibre, Inc.
https://www.mercadolibre.com/