| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | March 2006 |
| Headquarters | New York City, NY |
| Key people |
Fabrice Grinda and Alec Oxenford, Co-founders and co-CEOs industry = Classifieds |
| Products | olx.com, mundoanuncio.com, edeng.cn |
| Employees | approx. 100 |
| Website | www.olx.com |
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 prominence upon announcing a partnership with Friendster, the social networking website. The story was covered by dozens of media publications, including the New York Times[1], and was a topic of debate among bloggers.
The company was co-founded in March 2006 by Internet entrepreneurs Fabrice Grinda and Alec Oxenford.
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As of January 2009, OLX is available in 96 countries and 40 languages.[2]
In August 2009, OLX was named a good competitor to Craigslist in the United States by TechCrunch.[3]
In December 2009, OLX Inc. was named a rival to Craigslist by BusinessWeek.[4]
In December 2009, OLX's Co-CEO, Fabrice Grinda appeared on Le Web Paris 2009.[5]
In January 2010, OLX was named one of New York City's 10 hottest tech startups by amNY.[6]
In August 2010, OLX was named Finalist in Lead411's New York City Hot 125.[7]