Argentine President Javier Milei, Find Connections With Big Tech Global Via Tinder

Argentine President Javier Milei, (photo: x @PregonerOL)

JAKARTA - Argentina's libertarian president, Javier Milei, is looking for a connection through Tinder to meet global Big Tech leaders.

The former economist and economic figure announced on Wednesday January 31 that he had spoken with Tinder co-founder Sean Rad to arrange a technology meeting, as part of Milei's broader efforts to arouse business interest in Argentina from the oil sector to technology and mining.

"I just had a conference call with @seanrad, the founder of Tinder, and we have agreed to hold a meeting in Buenos Aires with other great entrepreneurs from the tech world," he wrote on social media platform X.

Milei won a shock election last year with promises to change rules to tackle Argentina's worst economic crisis in decades, with a deep fiscal deficit, current annual inflation of more than 200%, and more than two-by-five residents living in poverty.

Milei, whose free market libertarian views have received praise from global business leaders including X owner Elon Musk, sought to reverse the economic contractions estimated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by 2.8% this year.