Andrés Freire

Andrés "Andy" Freire is an Argentine entrepreneur. For almost two years, he was Minister of Modernization, Innovation and Technology of the City of Buenos Aires. He was also the main candidate to legislators of the City of Buenos Aires by the front Vamos Juntos. As an entrepreneur which is where he devoted most of his professional life, he is globally recognized for having co-founded and led Officenet, a company that revolutionized the industry of distribution (retail) of office supplies in Latin America raising over 50M USD 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. Andy also co-founded Restorando, Sirena and Trocafone, all high growth tech companies in Latin America.