In addition, nine faculty members and graduates from our university were recognized as business leaders:
- Ariel Burschtin, B.S. in Systems Engineering, and Álvaro García, B.S. in Systems, from the company PedidosYa (positions 11 and 33, respectively);
- Mauricio Oppenheimer, Ph.D., associate professor of marketing in the School of Business and Social Sciences, for Punta Carretas Shopping (ranked 22nd);
- Dr. Teresa Cometto, Professor of Marketing in the School of Management and Social Sciences, sponsored by Unilever (23rd place);
- Alex Bukstein, B.A. in Management and Administration, from Mercado Libre (ranked 42nd);
- Mariella De Aurrecoechea, Ph.D., professor in the School of Management and Social Sciences, ranked 49th by Deloitte;
- Leonardo Silveira, B.A. in Management and Administration, from Woow! (ranked 56th);
- Gabriel López, B.A. in Management and Administration, hired by Diageo (62nd position);
- Verónica Bustamante, B.A. in Management and Administration from Scanntech (ranked 81st).
The Merco Ranking is a reputation assessment tool launched in 2000, with a presence in countries across the Americas and Europe, based on a multi-stakeholder methodology comprising six assessments and twenty-five sources of information.
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