• Born in Medellín, Colombia in 1982, fled to Costa Rica at age nine.

• Graduated as valedictorian from German-language prep school before attending Stanford University.

• Earned Bachelor’ s in Management Science and Engineering plus MBA from Stanford.

• Worked at Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and General Atlantic before Sequoia Capital.

• Co-founded Nubank in 2013 with Cristina Junqueira and Edward Wible.

• Nubank’ s first product: no-fee credit card managed entirely through mobile app.

• Nubank reached 70 million customers by 2022, valued at US $ 45bn.

• Pledged with wife Maria to donate majority of US $ 6bn fortune to philanthropy.