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R. Marcelo Claure
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Cell phone distribution
- Industry
- Telecom
- Residence
- Miami Beach, Florida
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 6
Assets
- T-Mobile US Inc7,036,688 shares @ ---
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.
Claure served as executive chairman of WeWork, a SoftBank investment, after its failed 2019 IPO.
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.