Rank #2392
Cristina Junqueira
Net worth $1.7B
fintech · Brazil
- Born
- Sep 15, 1982
- Age
- 43
- Source
- fintech
- Residence
- São Paulo
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management; Bachelor of Engineering, Universidade de Sao Paulo
Net worth over time
Biography
- Cristina Junqueira was 30 years old in 2013 when she cofounded Brazil-based Nubank, now the world's most valuable digital bank.
- She ran Brazilian bank Itaú's largest credit card division before leaving the job to start Nubank alongside cofounders David Vélez and Edward Wible.
- A trained engineer, she also holds an MBA from Northwestern University.
- She briefly became a billionaire when Nubank debuted--as Nu Holdings--on the New York Stock Exchange in December 2021 at a valuation exceeding $50 billion.
- She owns nearly 3% of Nubank.
- Junqueira signed the papers for Nubank's $15 million Series A from her hospital bed while she was in labor with her first child in 2014.
- In 2020, she appeared on the cover of Forbes Brazil and became the first woman to be visibly pregnant on the cover of a Brazilian business publication.
Financial assets
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