Profil Financier
Cristina Junqueira occupe actuellement le rang #2348 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur finance & investissement). Fortune nette estimée : $1.8 B ($0 sur 24h).
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.
Junqueira, a trained engineer with an MBA from Northwestern University, serves as Nu Holding's U.S. CEO and the company's Chief Growth Officer.
She first (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 re-joined the Forbes billionaires list in 2024.
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.