children birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
4 children buenos aires city , argentina 14 january 1972 andrés freire
 andrés `` andy '' freire former endeavor argentina , former chairman of young presidents organization chairman and ceo at axialent , chairman of
andrés freire

andy freire -lrb- january 14 , 1972 -rrb- , is an entrepreneur recognized for co-founding and led officenet -lrb- purchased by staples in 2004 -rrb- , a company that revolutionized the industry of distribution -lrb- retail -rrb- of office supplies in latin america raising over 50m usd -lrb- most of it after the nasdaq 2000 crash -rrb- from investors including goldman sachs , ge capital , george soros , jp morgan chase , warburg pincus , kkr , thomas h. lee partners , fleetboston financial , gp investimentos and banco santander .
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 .
he has participated as guest professor or guest speaker at several universities including stanford , harvard , notre dame , wharton , and ie in spain .
his book `` passion for entrepreneurship -- from idea to crude reality '' was published in spanish and portuguese becoming a best seller in several countries in latin america -lrb- including # 1 best selling business book in argentina for five months in a row since publication -rrb- he ´ s axialent 's co-founder , and former chairman & ceo .
axialent works with fortune 500 firms to align corporate culture and leadership behaviors with long term strategy and company values in north america , latin america , europe and asia-pacific .
when he was 18 years old co-created initiative foundation , an ngo focused on promoting leadership values among the latin american youth .
he 's the chairman of endeavor foundation in argentina , chairman of the young presidents ' organization -lrb- ypo -rrb- in argentina and also board member of the steering committee of the young global leaders of the wef and member of the global latin american council of the wef .
his awards include `` global leader for tomorrow '' in 2000 by the world economic forum -lrb- wef -rrb- , `` latin american entrepreneur of the year '' in 2001 by endeavor foundation , and `` world young business achiever '' in 2002 .
andy was also named in 2008 one of the 100 `` young global leaders of the world '' by the wef in davos , switzerland .
he participated as investor and/or board member in multiple start ups including wanako -lrb- online gaming sold to vivendi -rrb- , coffice -lrb- coffee service sold to lavazza -rrb- , reed argentina -lrb- trade-fairs -rrb- , restorando -lrb- online restaurant booking -rrb- , the mind company -lrb- leading latam management consulting firm -rrb- , estrella limited -lrb- oilfield services company publicly traded in toronto as een.v -rrb- , parque austral -lrb- real estate -rrb- among others .
andy has a bachelor in economics with honors magna cum laude from the university of san andrés in buenos aires , argentina and is an opm -lrb- 33 -rrb- from harvard business school
