Although the visible face of the Llao Llao Forum is Eduardo Elztainowner of the hotel and most of the shopping centers in the country, the meeting brings together the owners and heirs of a selected group of Argentine companies.
In these 3 days of networking and confrontation with the main political representatives (for now of the opposition), there are no managers or directors of multinational corporations. The invited companies are many of those who also meet in the forums of Endeavor, an institution that promotes entrepreneurs.
The list of businessmen who will listen to Patricia Bullrich -was there on Monday-, Javier Milei and Horacio Rodríguez Larreta -will go this Tuesday- is as follows:
Eduardo Elztain
His family is the main shareholder of the real estate developer IRSA and of the Cresud farm, one of the largest in the country. He owns most of the main shopping centers in the country (Abasto, Alto Palermo, Alto Rosario), several office buildings and floors, and is a shareholder of Banco Hipotecario.
Marco Galperin
It owns Mercado Libre, the highest valued Argentine company. The co-founder and CEO of the region’s leading e-commerce company usually participates in the Endeavor forums to motivate those who are just starting out. He also controls Mercado Pago. He lives in Uruguay and his fortune is estimated at $4.9 billion by Forbes.
Marco Bulgheroni
He is the CEO of the oil company Pan American Energy (PAE), the largest private investment group in the country. They are dedicated to both oil and gas production and the marketing of fuels, under the Axion brand. In addition, the company has wind farms and is considering entering the lithium business. Marcos, along with his brother Alejandro, are among the richest people in Argentina.
carlos miguens
He is chairman of MB Holdings (Miguens Bemberg Holdings) and of Agropecuaria Cantomi. In addition, he participates in the energy group that owns several electric generators (Central Puerto, Costanera), has an active stake in the mining sector as director of Patagonia Gold and also in the agri-food sector with Citrícola San Miguel.
Martin Migoya and Guibert Englebienne
Globant’s founders are models of a new generation of entrepreneurs -in the style of Galperin- who seek to position their companies as global players. It’s one of a dozen Argentine “unicorns,” companies that have quickly shot up to a $1 billion valuation. It has branches all over the world and pursues a policy of expansion characterized by the acquisition of companies in key countries and areas.
Pierpaolo Barbieri
The founder of Ualá, one of the fastest growing fintech companies, will join the group of entrepreneurs shortly thereafter. In 2017, the historian also founded the company, a personal finance mobile application that allows you to carry out transactions, such as wire transfers, payments and purchases without having to have a bank account. It already has a branch in Mexico and has expanded its payment and purchasing business towards loans and investments.
other business people attending the meeting are Gustavo Grobocopatel, leader in the agri-food sector; Agustin Otero Monsegur AND Frederick Braunof the Anonymous; Karina Romano, from the logistics company that bears your surname; the businessman Luciano Nicorà, the president of Idea and of the logistics group Robert Murchison; Sebastian Bagòfrom the Bagó Laboratories and Veronica Andreaniof the logistics company Andreani.
This year the entrepreneurial segment will join Frederick Lauria, the production house Lauría Entertainment and the Dale Play Records label, the invisible hand behind the musical successes of Duki, Nicki Nicole and Bizarrap. He will also repeat his participation Santiago Sirithe entrepreneur who programmed the UBI universal basic income cryptocurrency.
The Llao Llao Forum has been held every year for 12 years on the initiative of Elsztain, who owns the exclusive hotel with the Sutton family.
Source: Clarin
