Andrés Freire Explained

Andrés Freire
Birth Date:14 January 1972
Birth Place:Buenos Aires City, Argentina
Occupation:Entrepreneur
Website:www.andyfreire.com

Andrés "Andy" Freire (born 14 January 1972) is an Argentine entrepreneur.[1] He served as Minister of Modernization, Innovation and Technology of the City of Buenos Aires.[2] He was also the main candidate to legislators of the City of Buenos Aires by the front Vamos Juntos.[3] He has co-founded and led Officenet (purchased by Staples in 2004), an office supplies retail company. Freire also co-founded Restorando (sold to Tripadvisor), Sirena and Trocafone.

Early life

Freire was raised in the neighborhood of Núñez in a middle-class family; his father was a doctor and his mother was an English teacher. He attended his secondary school Carlos Pellegrini, where he was a student delegate.

At the age of 18, he and his friends created a non-governmental organization focused on leadership called the Iniciativa Foundation.

Career

After receiving honors as a Bachelor of Economics from the University of San Andrés,[4] where he co-founded the Student Center, he began his professional career at Procter & Gamble. He co-founded Officenet,[5] a company focused on the office material distribution industry in Latin America. He later co-founded Axialent,[6] [7] a consulting firm. He also led other entrepreneurial projects, such as Restorando, Sirena and Trocafone.

He has participated as a guest lecturer and speaker at several universities such as Stanford, Harvard, Notre Dame, Wharton and IE in Spain. He was a honorary lecturer at Harvard University and MIT. He is part of the founders' council and was president of Endeavor Argentina, a non-profit organization.[8] He is an Office of Personnel Management (33) from Harvard Business School. A case called "Officenet: how to make entrepreneurship work in Argentina" was written by Harvard Business School and taught at over 25 universities including the universities of Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Georgetown, IE Business School and Commercial University of Paris.[9] [10]

One of his five books, Pasión por emprender,[5] which was published in Spanish and Portuguese, was a bestseller in several Latin American countries (including the number one best-selling business book in Argentina for five consecutive months since its publication).

On 10 December 2015, he became Minister of Modernization, Innovation and Technology and President of the Tourism Authority of the City of Buenos Aires in the government of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta. He was also the main candidate for the legislature of Buenos Aires of the City of Buenos Aires in the mid-term election of 2017 when he got 51%, versus 16% and 13% for the second and third most voted candidates, in the Frente #VamosJuntos.

Personal life

He is married to Romina Silvetti with whom he has four children: Tomás, Mateo, Sol and Emilia.

Awards

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andy Freire World Economic Forum . live . https://wayback-api.archive.org/web/20200628223549/https://www.weforum.org/people/andy-freire/ . 28 June 2020 . 2017-07-21 . World Economic Forum.
  2. Web site: Ministerio de Modernización, Innovación y Tecnología . Ministry of Modernization, Innovation and Technology . dead . https://wayback-api.archive.org/web/20170731024245/http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/innovacion/institucional-ministerio-de-modernizacion . July 31, 2017 . 2017-07-20 . Buenos Aires Ciudad - Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires . es.
  3. News: Mercado . Silvia . Andy Freire será el primer candidato a legislador de "Vamos Juntos" . Andy Freire will be the first candidate for legislator of "Vamos Juntos" . live . https://wayback-api.archive.org/web/20170623001454/https://www.infobae.com/politica/2017/06/22/andy-freire-sera-el-primer-candidato-a-legislador-de-vamos-juntos/ . 23 June 2017 . 2017-07-20 . Infobae . es-LA.
  4. Web site: Harvard Club de Argentina . live . https://wayback-api.archive.org/web/20170824051632/https://hcargentina.clubs.harvard.edu/article.html?aid=272 . 24 August 2017 . 2017-07-21 . hcargentina.clubs.harvard.edu . es.
  5. Book: Andy, Freire . Pasión por emprender : De la idea a la cruda realidad . 15 September 2012 . AGUILAR . 9789870426059 . es . Passion for entrepreneurship: From idea to harsh reality . 930706086.
  6. News: Martín Fernández . Pablo . El argentino más exitoso de la web . The most successful Argentine on the web . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170916105905/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1452963-el-argentino-mas-exitoso-de-la-web . 2017-09-16 . 2017-07-21.
  7. Web site: Freire . Andy . Axialent . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170824012357/http://www.axialent.com/resource/books_details/14 . 2017-08-24 . 2017-07-21 . www.axialent.com . book.
  8. News: 17 January 2012 . Andy Freire Endeavor Argentina . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170827004158/http://www.endeavor.org.ar/testimonio/andy-freire/ . 2017-08-27 . 2017-07-21 . Endeavor Argentina . es-ES.
  9. Web site: Kuemmerle . Walter . J. Coughlin . William . 2000-01-25 . Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina . subscription . live . https://wayback-api.archive.org/web/20220709004042/https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/800238-PDF-ENG . 9 July 2022 . Harvard Business Publishing.
  10. Web site: 2008-10-31 . Andy Freire . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151211003720/http://ecorner.stanford.edu/author/andy_freire . 2015-12-11 . 2011-09-17 . Stanford eCorner.
  11. Web site: El Gobierno de la Ciudad, presente en Davos. Buenos Aires Ciudad - Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. es. 2017-07-21.
  12. Book: Andy, Freire . 50 claves para emprendedores . 31 August 2007 . 9786071112064 . Primera edición en Punto de lectura . Mexico City . es . 50 keys for entrepreneurs . 923017730.
  13. Book: Freire, Andy . El 5%: El 5% de tu tiempo para cambiar el 100% de la vida de alguien que lo necesita . 2013-06-17 . Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina . 9789870429401 . es . 5% of your time to change 100% of the life of someone who needs it.
  14. Book: Andy, Freire . ¡Libre! : el camino del emprendedor como filosofilosofia de vida . October 2014 . 9789870436553 . Primera edición . Buenos Aires . es . Free! the path of the entrepreneur as a philosophy of life . 894238994.
  15. Book: Freire, Andy . Argentina emprendedora: Cómo innovar puede producir cambios reales y decisivos en el destino de un país . 2015-09-01 . Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina . 9789877351071 . es . Entrepreneurial Argentina: How innovation can produce real and decisive changes in the destiny of a country.

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