Fabricio Bloisi

Fabrício Bloisi
Born	Template:Birth year and age
Birthplace	Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Occupation	Business executive
Title	Chief Executive Officer
Known for	CEO of Prosus and Naspers; Former CEO of iFood; Founder of Movile
Education	B.S. in Computer Science, State University of Campinas (1998) MBA, Fundação Getulio Vargas (2008)
Website	[https://www.prosus.com/ Official site]

Fabrício Bloisi (born 1977) is a Brazilian business executive who serves as the chief executive officer of Prosus and Naspers, positions he has held since July 2024. Born in Salvador, Bahia, Bloisi founded the technology company Movile in 1998 while still an undergraduate student, building it into one of Latin America's notable mobile commerce and technology firms. He later served as CEO of iFood, Brazil's largest food delivery platform, from 2019 to 2024, overseeing its significant growth in the Brazilian market. His appointment to lead Prosus and Naspers — one of the world's largest technology investment groups, with significant stakes in companies such as Tencent — marked a transition from leading regional technology operations to overseeing a global portfolio spanning food delivery, fintech, classifieds, education technology, and e-commerce across dozens of countries. Under his leadership, Prosus reported its first profit and pursued an ambitious strategy to double revenue within three years, including large-scale acquisitions and investments in artificial intelligence. In December 2025, he was honored by Endeavor at its annual gala for his global entrepreneurial impact.

Early Life

Fabrício Bloisi was born in 1977 in Salvador, the capital of the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil. Details about his family background and upbringing remain limited in publicly available sources. A profile published by the São Paulo Research Foundation's magazine Pesquisa FAPESP described him as someone with a "local" background who developed a "global mindset," suggesting that his origins in Brazil's Northeast — a region historically less associated with the country's technology sector than the Southeast — shaped his entrepreneurial perspective.

Bloisi's early interest in technology led him to pursue higher education outside his home state, enrolling in the computer science program at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) in the state of São Paulo, one of Brazil's leading research universities. It was during his time at Unicamp that he began developing the entrepreneurial ideas that would lead to the founding of his first company.

Education

Bloisi earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) in 1998. Unicamp is consistently ranked among the top universities in Brazil and Latin America, particularly for its programs in science, engineering, and technology.

A decade after completing his undergraduate studies, Bloisi obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in 2008. FGV is one of the most prominent business schools in Brazil and Latin America. The MBA provided Bloisi with formal business management training as Movile, the company he had founded a decade earlier, was entering a period of expansion and attracting significant investment.

Career

Founding of Movile (1998–2018)

In 1998, while completing his undergraduate degree at Unicamp, Bloisi founded the technology company Movile. The company initially focused on mobile content and services during the early period of mobile telephony expansion in Brazil. Over the following years, Movile evolved into a mobile commerce and technology holding company, developing and investing in a portfolio of mobile-first businesses across Latin America.

Under Bloisi's leadership, Movile grew to encompass several business verticals including mobile payments, food delivery, ticketing, and logistics. The company attracted investment from Naspers, the South African media and technology conglomerate, which became a major shareholder. This investment relationship between Movile and Naspers would prove significant for Bloisi's later career trajectory, as it established a direct connection between his operations in Latin America and the broader Naspers and Prosus ecosystem.

Movile's portfolio eventually included a stake in iFood, the food delivery platform that would become Brazil's dominant player in the sector. Bloisi's role in building Movile from a university-era startup into a multi-business technology group spanning several countries was cited as a key factor in his eventual selection to lead larger organizations within the Naspers and Prosus structure.

CEO of iFood (2019–2024)

In 2019, Bloisi became the chief executive officer of iFood, Brazil's largest food delivery platform. Under his leadership, iFood expanded its operations significantly within the Brazilian market, growing beyond restaurant delivery into adjacent sectors.

During his tenure as CEO, Bloisi articulated an ambitious vision for iFood's expansion. In an interview with Bloomberg Línea, he discussed plans to expand iFood's operations into credit services, supermarket delivery, and voucher businesses, reflecting a strategy of transforming the platform from a food delivery service into a broader consumer technology ecosystem.

In February 2024, Bloisi made a public statement that attracted significant attention and some controversy in Brazil when he told the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo that "in ten years, nobody will cook anymore," suggesting a future in which food delivery and preparation services would largely replace home cooking. The remark drew criticism from food writer and cooking advocate Rita Lobo, among others, who challenged the characterization of home cooking as an activity likely to disappear. iFood subsequently issued a clarification statement regarding the comments.

Bloisi's tenure at iFood also coincided with increasing competition in Brazil's food delivery market. In one notable development, the ride-hailing company 99 announced a return to the food delivery sector with a reported investment of R$1 billion, directly challenging iFood's market position.

CEO of Prosus and Naspers (2024–present)

On May 17, 2024, Prosus and Naspers announced that Bloisi would succeed Bob van Dijk as chief executive officer of both companies, effective July 2024. The appointment placed Bloisi at the helm of one of the world's largest technology investment groups. Prosus, listed on the Euronext Amsterdam, and its parent company Naspers, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, together hold a diversified portfolio of technology investments across multiple continents, including a significant stake in the Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent.

Reuters, reporting on the appointment, noted Bloisi's background as a founder and operator, distinguishing him from the more finance-oriented profiles typical of executives at large investment holding companies. His experience building and scaling technology businesses in emerging markets, particularly in Latin America through Movile and iFood, was cited as a key qualification for the role.

Strategic Direction and Financial Performance

Under Bloisi's leadership, Prosus pursued a more active approach to portfolio management and acquisitions. In May 2025, Business Day reported that Bloisi had taken Prosus's mergers and acquisitions spending beyond R100 billion (South African rand), signaling a significant increase in the company's investment activity.

A landmark transaction during this period was the agreement by Prosus to acquire Just Eat Takeaway.com in a deal valued at approximately R$24.6 billion (Brazilian reais), as reported by Folha de S.Paulo in February 2025. The acquisition was described as creating a global food delivery group of significant scale.

In June 2025, Bloomberg reported that Prosus had recorded its first profit under Bloisi's new strategy, representing a significant financial milestone for the company, which had historically struggled with profitability despite the substantial value of its investment portfolio. That same month, Bloomberg reported that Bloisi aimed to double Prosus's revenue within three years, an ambitious target that reflected the scale of the strategic transformation he was pursuing.

Bloisi also communicated regularly with shareholders through a series of CEO letters, outlining strategic priorities and providing updates on portfolio performance. In a December 2025 year-end update, Bloisi addressed shareholders with a summary of the company's progress and strategic outlook.

Artificial Intelligence Investments

A significant component of Bloisi's strategy at Prosus has been increased investment in artificial intelligence. In a September 2025 interview with Bloomberg, Bloisi discussed Prosus's efforts to identify and back AI companies in Europe, Latin America, and India, reflecting the company's geographic diversification strategy beyond its traditional reliance on Tencent.

In January 2026, Bloisi stated in an interview with Bloomberg that Prosus had "at least $10 billion" available for continued investment, underscoring the company's financial capacity to pursue large-scale opportunities in AI and other technology sectors.

Reports from the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos in January 2026 indicated that Bloisi described India as "a big bet" for Prosus, with the company targeting a goal of making its India portfolio worth $50 billion within four years. Plans mentioned in connection with this strategy included an AI lab in India and collaboration with the Indian government on an AI summit.

Diplomatic Engagement

Bloisi's role at the helm of Naspers and Prosus has brought him into contact with senior government officials in key markets. In November 2025, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on social media about a meeting with Naspers Chairman Koos Bekker and "Group CEO Mr. Fabricio Bloisi" in Johannesburg, noting that "deepening investment linkages featured prominently in the discussions."

Worker Rights Scrutiny

As CEO of a major technology conglomerate with operations in the gig economy, Bloisi has also faced scrutiny regarding labor practices. TechCentral reported that the new Naspers CEO was questioned ("grilled") over worker rights, reflecting broader public and regulatory debates about the treatment of gig workers in the food delivery and logistics sectors in which Prosus portfolio companies operate.

Personal Life

Bloisi was born and raised in Salvador, Bahia, before relocating to the state of São Paulo for his university studies. Limited information about his personal life is available in public sources. His career trajectory has taken him from northeastern Brazil to leadership positions in companies headquartered in São Paulo, Amsterdam, and Cape Town.

Recognition

In December 2025, Bloisi was honored by Endeavor, a global nonprofit organization that supports high-impact entrepreneurs, at its 2025 annual gala. The recognition was for his "global entrepreneurial impact," highlighting his journey from founding a startup in Brazil to leading one of the world's largest technology companies.

Bloisi is also listed as an affiliated individual on the XPRIZE website, the nonprofit organization known for organizing large-scale incentive competitions to address global challenges, suggesting involvement with or support for the organization's work.

His appointment to lead Prosus and Naspers itself was noted by Reuters and other media as a significant milestone, making him one of the most prominent Brazilian business executives to lead a major European-listed technology company. The meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2025 further reflected Bloisi's growing international profile as a business leader engaging at the highest levels of government.

Legacy

While Bloisi's tenure at Prosus and Naspers is still in its early stages, several aspects of his career have already attracted attention as potentially significant. His trajectory from founding a technology startup in Brazil in 1998 to leading a major global technology investment group represents a notable example of entrepreneurial development in Latin America's technology sector.

His leadership of iFood during a period of rapid growth for food delivery in Brazil contributed to the platform's establishment as the dominant player in that market, a position it has maintained even as competitors have invested heavily to challenge it.

At Prosus, Bloisi's early moves — including the Just Eat Takeaway.com acquisition, the first recorded profit under his strategy, and the articulation of a plan to double revenue within three years — suggest an effort to transform the company from a holding primarily defined by its Tencent stake into an actively managed technology conglomerate with significant operating businesses in food delivery, classifieds, fintech, and AI. The success or failure of this transformation will be a defining factor in assessing Bloisi's impact on the global technology industry.

His emphasis on AI investment and his focus on emerging markets — particularly India, where he has set a target of building a $50 billion portfolio — represent strategic bets whose outcomes will unfold over the coming years.