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Romain Voog, who was the vice president for worldwide sales operation and geographies at Airbnb, has joined Prosus NV from April 1 as the chief executive officer of OLX Group, it said in a statement.
Prosus is a Naspers subsidiary that houses all of its overseas assets including Tencent and online classifieds business, which is spread across 30 countries.
Voog was the president of Amazon’s operations in France before his stint at Airbnb. He takes over from Martin Scheepbouwer, who led OLX Group for nine years, the company said.
“His (Voog’s) experience inside customer-centric organisations such as Amazon and Airbnb will be an asset to OLX Group as we drive customer-centric innovation in the world of classifieds,” said Bob van Dijk, CEO of Prosus and Naspers, in an emailed response to Reuters.
Naspers hires Airbnb, Amazon veteran to lead global classifieds business Reuters > By Reuters - 01 April 2021 - 11:45 Romain Voog who was the vice president for worldwide sales operation and geographies at Airbnb, has joined Naspers. Image: SHELLEY CHRISTIANS
Africa s largest company, Naspers Ltd, has hired a top Airbnb and former Amazon executive to lead its global online classifieds business, it said on Thursday, as the technology investor looks to shore up contributions from core businesses.
The company s online classifieds business, clubbed under OLX Group, contributes 5% to overall revenues and is the biggest among an array of businesses such as payments and fintech, food delivery and education technology.
Former Airbnb executive to head up Naspers classifieds business, OLX Group
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Prosus, the international internet assets division of Naspers, has appointed Romain Voog as chief executive officer of classifieds business, OLX Group.
Serving 300 million monthly users in more than 30 countries across five continents, OLX Group is a global classifieds business operating more than 20 consumer brands built by a global workforce of 10,000.
Voog joins OLX Group from Airbnb, where he was vice president for Worldwide Sales Operations and Geographies. His deep global consumer internet experience is bolstered by previous leadership roles including CEO for Global Fashion Group, and president of Amazon France, Prosus said.
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