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Guilherme Benchimol
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- financial services
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- Rio de Janeiro
- Education
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Bachelor of Arts/Economics)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
Assets
- XP, Inc68,197,000 shares @ --XP-US
Biography
Guilherme Benchimol is the founder of XP Inc., a Brazilian financial services firm that went public in December 2019 in the U.S.
XP Inc. has grown popular by focusing its products and services on clients with little investing experience.
Benchimol founded XP in 2001 after being fired from a brokerage firm in southern Brazil, with initial capital of approximately $2,000.
Through the XP Institute, Benchimol aims to offer free education to 50 million Brazilians over the next 10 years.
In 2021, he stepped down from his position as the CEO of XP Inc.; he remains its chairman.