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▶ 5:08 · $MELI · Building Enduring Companies Outside Silicon Valley | Santiago Suárez of Addi
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Building Enduring Companies Outside Silicon Valley | Santiago Suárez of Addi

2026-06-17 · 6 company · 0 thematic
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santiago suarez

Co-founder and CEO of Addi, a Latin American fintech company offering digital payments and consumer credit.

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“we brought our new CFO. And the new CFO has an 11-year career at Meli, and this board member asked him, 'Hey, what is the thing that surprised you the most?' And he's like, 'How well-organized the company is.'”
—santiago suarez
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