David Vélez
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9. Colombia, about 14.5 billion dollars. Vélez is the only founder in this top ten who built his fortune from a start-up: he co-founded the São Paulo digital bank Nubank in 2013 and remains chief executive of Nu Holdings, listed in New York since 2021, with over 100 million customers across Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. His wealth is almost entirely his Nu shares.
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