Meyer Malka is a founder, co-Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Bling Nation. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the long-term direction and growth of Bling Nation. In addition to his role at Bling Nation, Malka is a founding partner of MECK, Ltd., a private investment firm based in Santiago, Chile. Malka has been instrumental in several technology and financial services endeavors. He helped develop Patagon, an online brokerage and Latin America’s first comprehensive Internet financial services portal, by founding and developing its Venezuelan branch. The company was later sold to Banco Santander, where Malka was the interim CEO for Santander’s phone and online banking division, Spaniard Banco Openback. Malka was also a founding member of Classified Media Group, an online classified ads company focusing on Venezuela, Colombia and Central America, which was later sold to MercadoLibre (Nasdaq: MELI). In 2002, Malka and his partners at MECK founded Banco Lemon, a Brazilian retail bank serving the underbanked population, which they have helped grow into the largest microfinance institution in Brazil. Reaching beyond the technology and financial markets, Malka also founded and serves on the board of a Wendy’s Hamburger franchise for Venezuela. In addition, Malka founded the broker dealer Heptagon Financial Group and is a board member of Clímax magazine. Malka is an Economist from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela.
