Juan Pablo Ortega

Juan Pablo Ortega is the Co-founder and CEO of Yuno, a payment orchestrator solving online payments and fraud around the world.

Before Yuno, Juan Pablo co-founded Rappi, Latin America’s largest and fastest-growing on-demand platform and one of the region’s “unicorn” startups. As co-founder, Juan Pablo has played an instrumental role in taking the company from being a small team food delivery startup to becoming one of the region’s largest, multi-functional digital platforms with operations in nine countries and a valuation of ~$5.2B. Juan Pablo started Rappi's rapid international expansion, launching Mexico, and then built and scaled Rappi’s Payments and Fraud teams and capabilities while architecting the buildout of Rappi’s financial services arm – starting with RappiPay. RappiPay offers Rappi users a variety of digital payment functionalities, including in-store QR payments, P2P, and bill payment services, as well as a contactless-enabled Visa debit card. He strongly advocates for digital inclusion and has remained focused on evolving Rappi into the first true super-app of Latin America.

Juan Pablo received a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Economics from Cornell University and is an FAA Instrument-rated Commercial Pilot. He currently resides in Dorado, Puerto Rico.