BuscaPé
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Buscapé is a comparison shopping service that operates in Latin America. It was co-founded in São Paulo
, Brazil
in 1999 by Romero Rodrigues
, Rodrigo Borges, Ronaldo Morita and Mario Letelier.
In July 2006, Buscapé merged with the Rio de Janeiro
-based competitor Bondfaro.
In September 2009, Naspers
acquired a 91% stake in Buscapé.
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
in 1999 by Romero Rodrigues
Romero Rodrigues
Romero Rodrigues Filho is a Brazilian businessman who studied Electric Engineering at the Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo...
, Rodrigo Borges, Ronaldo Morita and Mario Letelier.
In July 2006, Buscapé merged with the Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
-based competitor Bondfaro.
In September 2009, Naspers
Naspers
Naspers is a South Africa-based multinational media company with principal operations in electronic media and print media Naspers is a South Africa-based multinational media company with principal operations in electronic media (including pay-television, internet and instant-messaging subscriber...
acquired a 91% stake in Buscapé.