“Ninety percent of businesses fail. If you want to be part of the 10 percent that make it, or part of that .001 percent who are able to change the world, you need to outwork everybody.”
Marcelo Claure
About
Marcelo Claure is a global entrepreneur and investor. He is a Partner and Co-Chairman of Brightstar Capital Partners, a multi-billion investment firm focused on deploying AI to transform businesses.
He also serves as CEO of Claure Group, a multi-billion-dollar investment firm deploying proprietary capital across various sectors, Chairman of Bicycle Capital, Latin America’s leading growth equity fund, Vice Chairman of SHEIN, the world’s largest on-demand e-commerce platform, and Co-Chair of the D^3 Institute at Harvard, a global research center providing insights on how to use AI and digital technologies to advance business and society. Claure is also an active board member and the largest independent shareholder of T-Mobile.
A passionate soccer investor, Claure owns Club Bolívar (Bolivia) and co-owns Girona FC (Spain) and New York City FC (USA) with City Football Group.
Previously, he was CEO of SoftBank Group International, where he managed a portfolio of over $450 billion in assets. He also led the turnaround of Sprint as CEO and its landmark merger with T-Mobile, creating the world’s most valuable telecom company. He began his career by founding Brightstar, which under his leadership became the world’s largest wireless distribution and services company before he sold it to SoftBank.
Why Should You Listen
to Marcelo?
What You’ll Learn
What successful AI deployment really takes, where incumbents can win, and why most programs stall.
Why You’ll Love Him
He is direct and candid, with a strong operator mindset focused on decisions, accountability, and results.
What’s Unusual
Marcelo has a rare background as an entrepreneur who has built, scaled, turned around, and invested in global companies across multiple sectors.
Beyond the Hype: How Society and Established Players Will Win with AI
AI is no longer just a breakthrough technology. It is becoming an essential infrastructure layer that will reshape every industry. New AI-first companies and the AI supply chain that support them are poised to create significant value. At the same time, there is an even larger opportunity ahead: how incumbent businesses will apply AI across their organizations and capture much of the value.
This session explores why incumbent businesses are positioned to capture much of AI’s value, and what it takes to do so. Drawing on his experience across Brightstar, Sprint, T-Mobile, Claure Group, and Brightstar Capital Partners, Marcelo will share his perspective on deploying AI at scale, including what is required to move beyond pilots and make AI adoption successful.
Honored for entrepreneurship, leadership, and impact across business and society
Marcelo Claure has been recognized for global leadership and entrepreneurship, including selection as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and induction into EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame. He was named a “Great Immigrant” by Carnegie Corporation of New York as part of its Great Immigrants: The Pride of America initiative. He is also a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and has received honorary doctorates from Bentley University and Babson College.
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