Workers at the Globant SA office.

Workers at the Globant SA office.

Photographer: Ana Ferreira/Bloomberg

Billionaire Founders Make Uruguay a Growing Hub for Tech Talent

Home of CEOs of MercadoLibre, Nu, Globant looks to develop tech talent

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The largest university in Uruguay can’t churn out technology students fast enough. Of the 1,000 or so that enroll each year at Udelar, roughly 100 graduate, many of them calculating they can quit to enter the digital workforce and quickly earn at least twice the national average wage.