Fabrice Grinda
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Fabrice Grinda is a French
entrepreneur, investor and self-styled "renaissance man"
Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Fabrice spent his early childhood in New York. His family migrated back to France and he attended high school in Paris and Nice. In 1992 Fabrice returned to the US attending college at Princeton University
where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and was awarded the Halbert White prize for Economics.
Leveraging his investment in Aucland, which was acquired by Eremite in Latin America, Fabrice founded Zingy, a mobile media company. Zingy was sold in May 2004 for $80m. At its peak, it was one of the largest mobile media companies in the Americas.
Fabrice is currently Co-CEO and Co-Founder of OLX
, a free online classifieds site used in over 91 countries in 39 languages, founded in March 2006 and is privately held.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
entrepreneur, investor and self-styled "renaissance man"
Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Fabrice spent his early childhood in New York. His family migrated back to France and he attended high school in Paris and Nice. In 1992 Fabrice returned to the US attending college at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and was awarded the Halbert White prize for Economics.
Entrepreneur
Fabrice worked at McKinsey & Co until 1998 where he left to start Aucland SA, an online auction house in the style of eBay, it was one of the top 3 Auction sites in the EU region.Leveraging his investment in Aucland, which was acquired by Eremite in Latin America, Fabrice founded Zingy, a mobile media company. Zingy was sold in May 2004 for $80m. At its peak, it was one of the largest mobile media companies in the Americas.
Fabrice is currently Co-CEO and Co-Founder of OLX
OLX
OLX is an internet company based in New York City, NY and Buenos Aires, Argentina. There revenues was in 2010 to 2011 is $45m.The OLX website hosts free user-generated classified advertisements for urban communities around the world and provides discussion forums sorted by various topics.OLX gained...
, a free online classifieds site used in over 91 countries in 39 languages, founded in March 2006 and is privately held.