R. Marcelo Claure
$2.02B
as of 12/21/23
About R. Marcelo Claure
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.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
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Miami Beach, FloridaMarital status
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12/09/70 (age 55)Number of children
6Self-made
self-madeR. Marcelo Claure’s fortune is worth
34K
troy ounces of gold
31K
median U.S. household
20K
median U.S. income
0.04%
U.S. credit card volume
0.008%
GDP of the United States
0.006%
United States debt
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Claure was born in Guatemala and lived in Europe before returning to his parents? home country of Bolivia.
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