SERGIO FOGEL,
DLOCAL
His Journey Growing Uruguay Entrepreneurship
and Connecting Emerging Markets
Growing up in Uruguay, Sergio Fogel never touched a
computer. When he encountered one at a friend's house
before college, it changed his life. He decided to attend
Israel's Institute of Technology and then worked as a
researcher at IBM. Family drew him back to Uruguay,
but he couldn't find a similar job there, so he decided
to become a tech entrepreneur. Payments solution
unicorn dLocal is his biggest success story. When dLocal
went public in 2021, its market cap represented 20% of
Uruguay's GDP.
GIBRAN HUZAIFAH,
EFISHERY
His Journey to Revolutionizing Fish Farming
in Indonesia
Gibran Huzaifah grew up next to a wet market in East
Jakarta. He didn't come from an elite background,
but he did get himself into the Bandung Institute
of Technology. There he built his own catfish
ponds to help fund his studies, creating a device to
automatically feed his fish. eFishery was born. The
company now helps 70,000 farmers across Indonesia
earn a better living. In the process, eFishery became
the largest digital aquaculture company in the world
and the first to surpass a $1 billion valuation.
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