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Marciano Testa
Jayesh Patel
TOP 100 LEADERS

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Marciano Testa

Title: Founder, Executive Chairman and CEO
Company: Agi Inc
Marciano grew up in a working family in Rio Grande do Sul and founded what became Agibank in 1999, while still a student, starting out as a door-todoor credit seller. He has built it into one of Brazil’ s leading digital banks, taking the company public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2026.

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Jayesh Patel

Title: CEO
Company: Wio Bank
Jayesh has spent more than 18 years shaping digital banking across the Gulf, including building Liv, Emirates NBD’ s digital lifestyle bank. He has led Wio Bank as the Chief Executive since 2020, taking it from launch to profitability within its first full year and growing its business customer base past 100,000.
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