Marcelo Claure
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Cell phone distribution
- Industry
- Telecom
- Residence
- Miami Beach, Florida
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 6
Assets
- T-Mobile US Inc7,034,000 shares @ --TMUS-US
Biography
Marcelo Claure is a Bolivian and American entrepreneur who served as chief operating officer of Japanese firm SoftBank.
After selling his first company, a regional phone chain, Claure founded Brightstar, a wireless distributor targeting Latin America.
Claure sold Brightstar to SoftBank in 2014, then joined the firm to run Sprint, a SoftBank investment, as CEO.
Much of his fortune is now tied up in shares of T-Mobile, which merged with Sprint in 2020. Claure sits on T-Mobile's board.
He's now making investments through his family office Claure Group, which owns stakes in fast fashion giant SHEIN and private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners.
About
Claure was born in Guatemala and lived in Europe before returning to his parents? home country of Bolivia.
Claure's father was a geologist for the United Nations.