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R. Marcelo Claure

United States 55 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Cell phone distribution
Industry
Telecom
Residence
Miami Beach, Florida
Marital Status
Married
Children
6

Assets

  • T-Mobile US Inc
    7,036,688 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.