David Velez
Finance · Brazil
Net worth
$480M
Lifetime giving
$100M
Share of wealth given
17.2%
Impact Score
42
Impact rank
#73
Hypothetical wealth
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David Vélez is the Colombian founder, CEO, and chairman of Nubank (Nu Holdings), a digital bank he founded in Brazil in 2013 after a poor experience opening a bank account there. He was born in Medellín, Colombia, studied in the United States, and later worked in investment before building Nubank into one of Latin America’s largest neobanks.