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Organization / Workplace
Greater Boston Area United States
Occupation
Founder Quepasa (now MeetMe), Co-founder and CEO at Mobile Corporation
Industry
Technology / Software / Internet
Website
http://jeffpeterson.comAbout
Experienced technology entrepreneur. Previously founder/CEO of Quepasa, first internet brand for U.S. Hispanics to go public (June 1999). Raised $150 million, investors included Gloria Estefan, Sony, others. Post-IPO market cap >$450 million. Quepasa changed name in 2012 to MeetMe, continued national brand presence and still trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market today under the symbol MEET.
Quepasa was continually ranked the #1 most popular Hispanic online community in the U.S., beating competitors Yahoo En Español, Starmedia, and other early Internet names for domestic Spanish-language internet. After founding the company in 1998, growing it from zero to a peak value of ~$500 million on the...
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