41 Facts About Marcelo Claure

Raul Marcelo Claure Bedoya is a Bolivian technology entrepreneur, businessman, and investor.

Marcelo Claure oversaw SoftBank's operations and strategy along with CEO Masayoshi Son.

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.

Marcelo Claure previously served as Sprint's President and CEO from 2014 until 2018, and as executive chairman from 2018 until 2020.

Marcelo Claure currently sits on the board of the combined company.

Marcelo Claure served on the board of directors of Arm.

Marcelo Claure is owner of the soccer team Club Bolivar; chairman and co-owner of Girona FC since August 2020.

Raul Marcelo Claure was born in Guatemala on 9 December 1970 to Bolivian parents.

At the time of his birth, Marcelo Claure's father worked as a geologist for the United Nations.

When he was two years old his family moved to Morocco, then to the Dominican Republic before moving to La Paz, Bolivia, where Marcelo Claure spent most of his childhood.

Marcelo Claure attended the Instituto Domingo Savio school and later transferred to the American Cooperative School in La Paz, graduating in 1989.

Marcelo Claure subsequently transferred to Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts, graduating in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance.

Marcelo Claure has an Honorary Doctorate of Commercial Sciences from Bentley University.

Marcelo Claure returned to La Paz after graduating college and joined the Bolivian Football Federation as the head of business operations.

Marcelo Claure expanded the company before selling it one year later.

In 1996, Marcelo Claure became President of Small World Communications, a California-based communications and distribution company.

Marcelo Claure led the company for two years before relocating to Miami, Florida.

Marcelo Claure founded Brightstar in Miami in October 1997, initially focusing the wireless distributor and service provider on Latin America.

Marcelo Claure joined the Sprint Corporation board of directors in January 2014.

Marcelo Claure became Sprint's President and CEO on 11 August 2014.

Marcelo Claure focused on financial cuts and increasing customers, and by August 2015 the company's stock price was rising sharply.

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.

On 2 May 2018, Marcelo Claure was appointed the COO of SoftBank Group, becoming CEO of both SoftBank Group International and SoftBank Latin America.

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.

Alongside SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, Marcelo Claure began overseeing the company's overall business strategy.

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.

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.

In October 2019, Marcelo Claure was appointed executive chairman of the board of WeWork, a workspace provider.

Marcelo Claure worked alongside Sandeep Mathrani, who he appointed as WeWork's CEO in February 2020.

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.

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.

Marcelo Claure joined the board of Univision Holdings in November 2020.

In 2018 Marcelo Claure joined the board of Arm Limited, a semiconductor company.

Marcelo Claure became the chairman of both Fortress and Brightstar Global Group Inc in 2019 and is on the boards of the Bolivian-American Chamber of Commerce and Florida International University.

Marcelo Claure was in the Aspen Institute's 2016 class of Henry Crown Fellows and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Marcelo Claure is a member of the Group of Fifty and the Presidential CEO Advisory Board at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In 2016, Marcelo Claure created the 1Million Project Foundation in partnership with the Sprint Corporation.

Marcelo Claure is a CEO Council Member for the Wall Street Journal.

In 2016, Marcelo Claure appeared in the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants: The Pride of America initiative.

Marcelo Claure has six children, including four daughters with his wife Jordan Engard, whom he married in 2005.

Marcelo Claure has a son and a daughter from a previous marriage.