MACRI STRESSED THAT THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR WILL GENERATE 215 THOUSAND JOBS IN THE COMING YEARS
President Mauricio Macri said that the phenomenon of so-called 'Argentine
unicorns' "speaks well of everything that is happening in the country and
what it means change" and stressed that the technology sector will generate
215 thousand jobs in next years. The Head of State stressed in this context
the importance that Congress has sanctioned "almost unanimously" the new
Law of Knowledge Economy speaking this morning during the opening ceremony
of the New Center Development Company Free Market in Buenos Aires
neighborhood of Saavedra. The President was accompanied by the head of
Government of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta, and the owner of the
firm, Marcos Galperin. Macri said that "profound change" that produced the
Internet in the world "became a revolution" and noted that this fact is
simultaneous to "many other revolutions that are occurring in the country,
such as energy, trains, aircraft, routes, ports and airports. " He added
that "the unicorns that we are not only a definition linked to
billing". "For Argentines know, is linked also to have built solutions,
global tools that are used beyond our country, as with the case of free
market," he said. "This shows that we can and we have to bet to go for
more, because we want all this youth who accompanies us is part of the jobs
of the future," he said referring to the employees of the company present
at the event. Macri said the potential development of this sector will
generate "215,000 new jobs in the coming years and a jump in exports, which
also strengthens the country's reality, because every time we export
generate more income in society, which are distributed to you have better
opportunities for all. " He explained that when it comes to knowledge
economy "and all we are understanding that it is not only the software, are
also the spatial audiovisual content, biotechnology, satellite industry,
nanotechnology, nanoscience, and more things to be adding ". "And at the
end of the day are the same: our talents, put at the service of improving
the quality of life for all, hand clearly technology, technological
disruption that we are living capabilities," the President said. Meanwhile,
Horacio Rodriguez Larreta said "the engine of development of our country,
and especially the city of Buenos Aires, passing by industries based on
human capital, talent and creativity". The mayor of Buenos Aires as an
example in this regard that "the boom we have had in the Technological
District" of Patricios Park, which "goes far beyond the most optimistic
estimates." "He started Mauricio seven years ago and today we have more
than 300 companies that are headquartered," he said. In turn, Marcos
Galperin said that when he started the experience of free market in the
late 90s "with four friends working in a garage, we knew we had the
potential to build something big because the Internet would change the
world forever" . He warned that the path followed since "it was very hard,"
but stressed that "today we are more excited than ever," with growth that
is expressed "throughout the region and in Argentina, our parent company."
He said the company has "four thousand employees" in the country and "we
will hire this year to 1 300 employees more," while "more than 90 thousand
people living on sales made on our site." During the visit the President
toured the new development center, whose offices occupy 26 thousand square
meters and are located in the Polo Zetta DOT building, where once ran the
Philips exfábrica.
unicorns' "speaks well of everything that is happening in the country and
what it means change" and stressed that the technology sector will generate
215 thousand jobs in next years. The Head of State stressed in this context
the importance that Congress has sanctioned "almost unanimously" the new
Law of Knowledge Economy speaking this morning during the opening ceremony
of the New Center Development Company Free Market in Buenos Aires
neighborhood of Saavedra. The President was accompanied by the head of
Government of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta, and the owner of the
firm, Marcos Galperin. Macri said that "profound change" that produced the
Internet in the world "became a revolution" and noted that this fact is
simultaneous to "many other revolutions that are occurring in the country,
such as energy, trains, aircraft, routes, ports and airports. " He added
that "the unicorns that we are not only a definition linked to
billing". "For Argentines know, is linked also to have built solutions,
global tools that are used beyond our country, as with the case of free
market," he said. "This shows that we can and we have to bet to go for
more, because we want all this youth who accompanies us is part of the jobs
of the future," he said referring to the employees of the company present
at the event. Macri said the potential development of this sector will
generate "215,000 new jobs in the coming years and a jump in exports, which
also strengthens the country's reality, because every time we export
generate more income in society, which are distributed to you have better
opportunities for all. " He explained that when it comes to knowledge
economy "and all we are understanding that it is not only the software, are
also the spatial audiovisual content, biotechnology, satellite industry,
nanotechnology, nanoscience, and more things to be adding ". "And at the
end of the day are the same: our talents, put at the service of improving
the quality of life for all, hand clearly technology, technological
disruption that we are living capabilities," the President said. Meanwhile,
Horacio Rodriguez Larreta said "the engine of development of our country,
and especially the city of Buenos Aires, passing by industries based on
human capital, talent and creativity". The mayor of Buenos Aires as an
example in this regard that "the boom we have had in the Technological
District" of Patricios Park, which "goes far beyond the most optimistic
estimates." "He started Mauricio seven years ago and today we have more
than 300 companies that are headquartered," he said. In turn, Marcos
Galperin said that when he started the experience of free market in the
late 90s "with four friends working in a garage, we knew we had the
potential to build something big because the Internet would change the
world forever" . He warned that the path followed since "it was very hard,"
but stressed that "today we are more excited than ever," with growth that
is expressed "throughout the region and in Argentina, our parent company."
He said the company has "four thousand employees" in the country and "we
will hire this year to 1 300 employees more," while "more than 90 thousand
people living on sales made on our site." During the visit the President
toured the new development center, whose offices occupy 26 thousand square
meters and are located in the Polo Zetta DOT building, where once ran the
Philips exfábrica.