OLX

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OLX
Type Private
Industry Classifieds
Founded March 2006
Headquarters Buenos Aires, Argentina
Key people Alec Oxenford (CEO and co-founder)
Fabrice Grinda (co-founder)
Products olx.com, mundoanuncio.com
Employees approx. 400[citation needed]
Parent NASPERS
Website www.olx.com

OLX is an internet company based in New York City and Buenos Aires, Argentina. 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 A.C.F. Oxenford. The company is privately held.

As of January 2011, OLX is available in 96 countries and 45 languages.[2]

Accolades

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 2012 , OLX was named Finalist in Lead411's New York City Hot 125.[7]

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