Marcos Wettreich

Marcos Wettreich
Marcos Wettreich in a photograph from his personal website.
Born	November 5, 1963 (1963-11-05) (age 47) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation	CEO of Greenvana

Marcos Wettreich (born November 5, 1963 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is an entrepreneur. He's founded several successful companies, most of which related to Internet/media/telecommunications. He was elected Entrepreneur of the Year in Brazil by Ernst & Young in 2001. He is currently CEO of Greenvana.com, an e-commerce platform focused on eco-friendly products. Mr. Wettreich was also a board member at companies as B2W Varejo, the largest e-commerce operation on Latin America. Mr. Wettreich holds a degree in Electronic Engineering and MSc in Marketing, both from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and an OPM from Harvard Business School.

Some entrepreneurial endeavors

• iBest^[1] The second largest ISP in Brazil. Wettreich founded iBest in 2001 with a US$ 5 million investment, and sold it in 2003 to Brasil Telecom for US$ 71 million. Brasil Telecom communicated to investors at the time that the purchase was due to iBest's strong brand, and transformed the company in a free ISP.
• iBest Awards - During the Internet boom it was the largest award on Internet in the world, with editions in Spain, Mexico and Brazil. On 2001 it was about 5 times bigger in audience than the biggest Internet award in the US (Webby Awards).
• Mlab - The first marketing company focused on Internet in Brazil, founded in 1996 with a US$ 2 million investment, and sold in 2000 for US$ 36 million to Cemex (in order to be merged with Cemtec to create Neoris.com,^[2] today present in 9 countries in Europe, US and Latin America and with revenues over $ 400 million dollars/year). Wettreich was also Neoris board member until 2005.
• Mantel - The largest technology conference producer in Latin America and second biggest in Europe in 1995 (conferences held in Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, among others). It was sold to Mondadori group (Italy) in 1996.
• Booknet - Partner at the first online bookstore in Brazil, sold to GP Investments to create Submarino.com, a leading e-commerce company in Brazil (later merged with Americanas.com to create B2W Varejo, the leading e-commerce operation on Latin America).
• Nirvana^[3] - The largest urban SPA and wellness center in Brazil, headed in Rio de Janeiro.

References

1. ^ ibest.com.br
2. ^ Neoris.com
3. ^ Nirvan.com.br

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Name	Wettreich, Marcos
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Date of birth	November 5, 1963
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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