In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Claure and the second or maternal family name is Bedoya.
Marcelo Claure
Claure in 2019
Born
(1970-12-09) 9 December 1970 (age 53)
Guatemala[1]
Nationality
Bolivian, American
Alma mater
Bentley University (BS)
Occupation(s)
Technology entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist
Title
Claure Group, CEO Shein, Chairman of Latin America Shein, Group Vice Chairman Bicycle Capital, Chairman
Board member of
T-Mobile
Girona FC
Spouse
Jordan Engard
Raul Marcelo Claure Bedoya is a Bolivian-American technology entrepreneur, businessman, and investor.[2] He is the founder and CEO of Claure Group, the Executive Chairman of Bicycle Capital, and Group Vice Chairman for Shein.
Claure founded the wireless services company Brightstar in 1997,[3] which ranked as the largest Hispanic-owned business in the United States for six years.[4] Claure sold the company to join Sprint in 2014,[5] serving as Sprint's President and CEO from 2014[1][6][7] until 2018,[8] and as executive chairman from 2018[9] until 2020.[10] Credited with having "led a turnaround" at Sprint,[11] he oversaw the company's planned merger with T-Mobile USA.[8][9] He currently sits on the board of the combined company.[10]
From 2020 until early 2022[12] he was the chief executive officer (CEO) of SoftBank Group International and chief operating officer (COO) of SoftBank Group Corporation.[1] He oversaw SoftBank's operations and strategy along with CEO Masayoshi Son.[8] As COO of SoftBank Group, a technology investment company, Claure oversaw portfolio companies such as Boston Dynamics, Arm Holdings, Fortress,[13][14] SB Energy, and WeWork.[8] Claure was a SoftBank Group Investment Committee member.[15] He also headed the $5 billion[2] SoftBank Latin America Fund[16] and SB Opportunity Fund, a $100 million fund dedicated to investing in entrepreneurs of color.[citation needed] He was the executive chairman of WeWork[17][18] and was on the boards of Arm and Fortress.[19]
While continuing as CEO of Claure Group,[20] in June 2023 he launched Bicycle Capital, a Latin America-focused venture capital fund targeting $500 million.[21] In February 2023, he was appointed chair of the Latin American operations of Shein, a fashion firm.[22] Claure was appointed Shein's Group Vice Chairman in October 2023.
Claure is owner of the football team Club Bolivar; chairman and co-owner of Girona FC since August 2020.[23] Claure is also involved in philanthropy. In his role at Brightstar, he helped launch One Laptop Per Child[24] and as CEO of Sprint, he created the 1Million Project Foundation. Both initiatives provide computer access to students.[25] As of August 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$2 billion by Bloomberg, making him Bolivia’s wealthiest person.[26]
^ abcRob Wile (15 October 2018), From 'unknown' to wealthiest Hispanic-American — and now, he's moving back to Miami, Miami Herald, retrieved 17 October 2019
^ ab"Our Executive Leadership Team & Board of Directors | T-Mobile". www.t-mobile.com.
^"About Brightstar – Corporate Governance/Leadership Team". Bright Star Corporation. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
^"Hispanic Business Top 500 Hispanic Businesses". Hispanic Business. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012.
^"Marcelo's moment: Saving Sprint is biggest challenge of Claure's already impressive life". The Kansas City Star. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^Knutson, Ryan; Mattioli, Dana (5 August 2014). "Sprint Abandons Pursuit of T-Mobile, Replaces CEO". WSJ. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
^"Brightstar Media Page". Brightstar. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
^ abcd"Marcelo Claure". Concordia.net. 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
^ abInagaki, Kana (3 May 2018). "Bolivian billionaire Claure to oversee Sprint-T-Mobile merger". Financial Times.
^ abCite error: The named reference SRD13 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"SoftBank Is Said to Prep Latam Fund Run by COO Claure". Bloomberg L.P. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
^AFP (28 January 2022). "SoftBank: Marcelo Claure claque la porte, le Français Michel Combes promu DG de SoftBank International". Frenchweb. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
^Cite error: The named reference SRD14 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Marcelo Claure Tech". Retrieved 23 December 2019.
^"Corporate Governance System". SoftBank Group Corp.
^"Largest Latin American tech fund in the world is born. It's being led by a Miamian". Miami Herald. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^"WeWork losses doubled as it rushed to open new offices ahead of its failed IPO". Los Angeles Times. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
^"WeWork Announces New SoftBank Appointment to Board of Directors and Designates Chairman". www.businesswire.com. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
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