Marcelo Claure is a globally-recognized entrepreneur and investor and the Founder & CEO of Claure Group, a multi-billion-dollar global investment firm spanning multiple high growth sectors including telecom, tech, media, real estate, infrastructure, climate & energy transition, fashion, and sports.
Through his investment firm, Claure Group, Mr. Claure provides strategic capital and expertise to his portfolio companies’ and funds’ management teams, including through his role as Group Vice Chairman of SHEIN.
He is also the Founder, Executive Chairman and Managing Partner of Bicycle Capital, Latin America’s leading growth equity fund, and Vice Chairman and Managing Partner of eB Capital, a Brazil-focused investment platform.
Claure started his first business, Brightstar, in 1997, growing it to become the world’s largest global wireless distribution and services company in the telecommunications industry.
In 2014, Claure sold Brightstar to SoftBank Group and became the CEO of Sprint, where he led its turnaround and delivered the best financial results in the company’s 120-year history. Later, he led the 2020 $195 billion merger between Sprint and T-Mobile, which created the most valuable telecommunications company.
Following the merger, Claure was promoted to CEO of SoftBank Group International where he oversaw 40 companies in SoftBank’s portfolio. He also launched the $8 billion SoftBank Latin America Fund, the largest VC fund in the region, and SoftBank Opportunity Fund, a $100 million fund dedicated to entrepreneurs of color.
Claure owns Club Bolívar, Bolivia’s largest professional soccer team, and is a co-owner of Spain’s Girona FC, in partnership with City Football Group. He also owns Team Brazil, a team racing in the E1 series, the first and only electric raceboat championship.
Claure is also the Co-Chair of Digital Data Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard Business School, an organization which focuses on shaping the future of business and society through digital and AI-driven business initiatives.
Claure received a B.S. in Economics and Finance and an honorary Doctorate of Commercial Science from Bentley University. He holds an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Babson College, and is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School.
