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One of the most successful female fintech entrepreneurs in Latin America , Cristina Junqueira is Co-Founder of Nubank – the largest neobank in the world .

Junqueira , who was born in Ribeirao Preto , São Paulo , Brazil , was sent to Rio de Janeiro as a young child . There , she enrolled at the Universidade de São Paulo with the goal of studying industrial engineering . After graduating , she obtained a position as an associate consultant with the Boston Consulting Group alongside completing a master ' s degree in economic and financial modelling . Soon after , in 2007 , she enrolled in Northwestern University ' s Kellogg School of Management in Chicago , Illinois , where she graduated with an MBA . private banking firm , the following year . Thereafter , Junqueira – with a thorough understanding of the nation ' s financial sector and a clear remit of what she wanted to change – left her position at Brazilian banking giant Ita in 2013 , after five years there .

The name ‘ Nubank ’ was chosen by Junqueira and her business partner to describe their endeavour . Though having a phonetically similar sound to the word ‘ new ’, ‘ nu ’ also denotes ‘ nude ’ in Portuguese . This exemplifies the founders ' principles of building a trustworthy company . In December 2021 , Nubank submitted an IPO application and started trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange .

Junqueira returned to Brazil after earning her MBA , working as the sector head for small and mediumsized businesses at Unibanco , the biggest private banking organisation in the nation . The post of portfolio manager was made available to Junqueira when Unibanco merged with Ita , Brazil ' s second-largest fintechmagazine . com 119