David Vélez

Colombia | Nubank | Fintech

David Vélez
September 18, 2022 | 09:00 PM

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He first excelled in Brazil before becoming one of the biggest names in the Colombian business world thanks to the neobank Nubank, of which he is the founder. The company, which currently has close to 60 million clients in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, became the most valuable financial institution in Latin America and last year debuted on Wall Street, amidst the challenges that the neobank faces in meeting investors’ expectations and which have subtracted several million dollars from the Colombian’s fortune.