Mr. Abbott was appointed CEO and Chairman of the Board of Quepasa in October, 2007.

Between 2005 and 2007, Mr. Abbott served as strategic and financial advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Mexican industrial consortium Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A. (AHMSA). AHMSA has held an ownership position in Quepasa Corp. since September, 2006.

In 2006, Mr. Abbott assisted in the formation of Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together (www.matt.org), a San Antonio-based non-profit group focused on improving Mexico-US relations. MATT maintains a strategic partnership with Quepasa, through which both entities collaborate on technological and community outreach initiatives.

From 1992 to 2005, Mr. Abbott held several senior positions within JP Morgan’s Latin America Mergers & Acquisitions team, focusing on advising many of the region’s leading industrial groups on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings.

Mr. Abbott has spent a significant part of his life in Latin America, having lived 13 years in Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Brazil.

Mr. Abbott earned his A.B. in History from Stanford University in 1992 and his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1997.