CULTURETECHLENSMarcelo Claure
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Combined Graph record U-03081 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-1152. Master record source: User-supplied article 2026-10-16 (UrbanGeekz) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Bolivian-born founder of Brightstar Corp (1997), once the largest Hispanic-owned business in the US; later SoftBank COO; now runs Claure Group
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Bolivian-born founder of Brightstar Corp (1997), once the largest Hispanic-owned business in the US; later SoftBank COO; now runs Claure Group
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- Role(s): billionaire, founder
- Known for: Bolivian-born founder of Brightstar Corp (1997), once the largest Hispanic-owned business in the US; later SoftBank COO; now runs Claure Group
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- Black and Latinx Founder Powerhouses — appears on
STRONG EVIDENCE - Brightstar Corp — founded
STRONG EVIDENCE
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- https://brightstarcp.com/team/marcelo-claure/ (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Founded Brightstar Corp in 1997; the company was acquired by SoftBank in 2014; later CEO of SoftBank Group International; founder and CEO of Claure Group (current firm biography); SoftBank's own May 3, 2018 release confirms he founded Brightstar in 1997 and served as SoftBank Group COO
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Chicago: CultureTechLens. “Marcelo Claure (CTL-P-1152).” CultureTechLens Combined Graph. Chicago, IL: CultureTechLens, 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-p-1152/
APA: CultureTechLens. (2026). Marcelo Claure (CTL-P-1152) [Entity record]. CultureTechLens Combined Graph. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-p-1152/
MLA: CultureTechLens. “Marcelo Claure (CTL-P-1152).” CultureTechLens Combined Graph, 2026, https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-p-1152/
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