Marcelo Claure
Founder & CEO
Miami Connection
Claure relocated to Miami in 1996 and founded Brightstar there in 1997, establishing Miami as a hub for his growing technology and distribution operations. He has maintained significant Miami presence through real estate investments, including purchasing an $11.1 million waterfront estate in Miami Beach in 2020, and by basing major investment operations in Miami, including Claure Group's headquarters at 200 South Biscayne Boulevard and Bicycle Capital's Miami office in Wynwood's crypto district. As co-owner and president of Inter Miami CF, Major League Soccer franchise, Claure has contributed to South Florida's sports profile and global visibility.
About
Raul Marcelo Claure Bedoya is a Bolivian-American technology entrepreneur with an estimated net worth of $2 billion as of August 2022, making him Bolivia's wealthiest person. He founded Brightstar in Miami in 1997, which became the largest Hispanic-owned business in the United States and a global wireless distribution leader. After selling Brightstar, Claure joined Sprint in 2014 as President and CEO, leading a major turnaround and orchestrating the company's $195 billion merger with T-Mobile. He later served as CEO of SoftBank Group International, heading the company's $8 billion Latin America Funds. Currently, Claure is Founder and CEO of Claure Group, a multi-billion dollar investment firm spanning tech, telecom, media, real estate, and sports, and Executive Chairman of Bicycle Capital, a $500 million Latin America-focused growth equity fund based in Miami.