1. Raul Marcelo Claure Bedoya is a Bolivian-American technology entrepreneur, businessman, and investor.
45 Facts About Marcelo Claure
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Marcelo Claure sold the company to join Sprint in 2014, serving as Sprint's President and CEO from 2014 until 2018, and as executive chairman from 2018 until 2020.
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Marcelo Claure currently sits on the board of the combined company.
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Marcelo Claure oversaw SoftBank's operations and strategy along with CEO Masayoshi Son.
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Marcelo Claure headed the $5 billion SoftBank Latin America Fund and SB Opportunity Fund, a $100 million fund dedicated to investing in entrepreneurs of color.
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Marcelo Claure was the executive chairman of WeWork and was on the boards of Arm and Fortress.
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Marcelo Claure was appointed Shein's Group Vice Chairman in October 2023.
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Marcelo Claure is owner of the football team Club Bolivar; chairman and co-owner of Girona FC since August 2020.
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Raul Marcelo Claure was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala on 9 December 1970.
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Marcelo Claure attended the Instituto Domingo Savio school and later transferred to the American Cooperative School in La Paz, graduating in 1989.
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Marcelo Claure subsequently transferred to Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts, graduating in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in economics and finance.
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Marcelo Claure returned to La Paz after graduating college and joined the Bolivian Football Federation as the head of business operations.
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Marcelo Claure expanded the company before selling it one year later.
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In 1996, Marcelo Claure became President of Small World Communications, a California-based communications and distribution company.
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Marcelo Claure led the company for two years before relocating to Miami, Florida.
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Marcelo Claure founded Brightstar in Miami in October 1997, initially focusing the wireless distributor and service provider on Latin America.
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Marcelo Claure joined the Sprint Corporation board of directors in January 2014.
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Marcelo Claure became Sprint's President and CEO on 11 August 2014.
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Marcelo Claure focused on financial cuts and increasing customers, and by August 2015 the company's stock price was rising sharply.
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In June 2020, Marcelo Claure led the second largest secondary offering in US history through the SoftBank sale of $14.8 billion in T-Mobile US shares.
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On 2 May 2018, Marcelo Claure was appointed the COO of SoftBank Group, becoming CEO of both SoftBank Group International and SoftBank Latin America.
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Bloomberg described the promotions as a "reward for salvaging a sinking ship" at Sprint, with Marcelo Claure continuing to oversee the plans to merge Sprint and T-Mobile.
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Alongside SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, Marcelo Claure began overseeing the company's overall business strategy.
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In March 2019 Marcelo Claure became CEO of the newly formed $5 billion SoftBank Latin America Fund, considered the largest technology fund focused exclusively on the Latin American market.
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In January 2021, a blank check firm backed by Marcelo Claure was aiming to raise $200 million through an IPO, with Marcelo Claure to become CEO of LDH Growth.
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In October 2019, Marcelo Claure was appointed executive chairman of the board of WeWork, a workspace provider.
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Marcelo Claure worked alongside Sandeep Mathrani, who he appointed as WeWork's CEO in February 2020.
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In June 2023, Marcelo Claure was one of the founders of Bicycle Capital, an equity fund focused on Latin American tech startups with a target of $500 million.
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Also in January 2021, Marcelo Claure announced Club Bolivar's Plan Centenario, a five-year plan to construct a soccer academy and open the club's ownership to fans.
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In 2012, Marcelo Claure partnered with David Beckham and Simon Fuller in launching Miami Beckham United, which sought to establish a Major League Soccer franchise in Miami.
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On September 17,2024, City Football Group announced that Marcelo Claure had purchased ten percent of their MLS team New York City FC, including its planned stadium in Queens, New York City.
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Marcelo Claure announced that he was "proud to be part of this team" in "the greatest city in the world".
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Marcelo Claure is a member of the board at T-Mobile USA and chairman at Bicycle Capital.
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Marcelo Claure was executive chairman of WeWork until early 2022.
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Marcelo Claure was on board of Univision Holdings from November 2020 and had resigned by 2023.
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In 2018 Marcelo Claure joined the board of Arm Limited, a semiconductor company, and resigned in 2022.
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Marcelo Claure became the chairman of both Fortress and Brightstar Global Group Inc in 2019.
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Marcelo Claure is on the boards of the Bolivian-American Chamber of Commerce and was previously on the board of the Florida International University.
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Marcelo Claure was in the Aspen Institute's 2016 class of Henry Crown Fellows and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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Marcelo Claure is a member of the Group of Fifty and the Presidential CEO Advisory Board at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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In 2016, Marcelo Claure created the 1Million Project Foundation in partnership with the Sprint Corporation.
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Marcelo Claure is a CEO Council Member for the Wall Street Journal.
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In 2016, Marcelo Claure appeared in the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants: The Pride of America initiative.
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Marcelo Claure has six children, including four daughters with his wife Jordan Engard, whom he married in 2005.
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Marcelo Claure has a son and a daughter from a previous marriage.