Marcelo Claure is an entrepreneur and investor. He founded Brightstar in 1997 and built it into the world’s largest global wireless distribution and services company, with operations in more than 50 countries. Marcelo Claure is a technology entrepreneur, businessman, and investor.Currently the chief executive officer (CEO) of SoftBank Group International and chief operating officer (COO) of SoftBank Group Corporation,he oversees SoftBank's operations and strategy along with CEO Masayoshi Son.As COO of SoftBank Group, a technology investment company, Claure oversees portfolio companies such as Boston Dynamics, Arm Holdings, Fortress,SB Energy, and WeWork. Claure is a SoftBank Group Investment Committee member.He also heads the $5 billion SoftBank Latin America Fund and SB Opportunity Fund, a $100 million fund dedicated to investing in entrepreneurs of color.[citation needed] He is executive chairman of WeWork. Claure previously served as Sprint's President and CEO from 2014until 2018,and as executive chairman from 2018[11] until 2020.Credited with having "led a turnaround" at Sprint,he oversaw the company's planned merger with T-Mobile USA.He currently sits on the board of the combined company.Prior to joining Sprint, Claure founded the wireless services company Brightstar in 1997,which ranked as the largest Hispanic-owned business in the United States for six years.Claure sold the company to Sprint in 2014. He serves on the board of directors of Arm.Claure is owner of the soccer team Club Bolivar; chairman and co-owner of Girona FC since August 2020. Claure is also involved in philanthropy. In his role at Brightstar, he helped launch One Laptop Per Child and as CEO of Sprint, he created the 1Million Project Foundation. Both initiatives provide computer access to students.