Rank 1992
Cristina Junqueira
1.6B
fintech
SĂŁo Paulo
Brazil
- 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.
- 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 ItaĂș's largest credit card division before leaving the job to start Nubank alongside cofounders David VĂ©lez and Edward Wible.
- A trained engineer, she also holds an MBA from Northwestern University.
- She 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 owns nearly 3% of Nubank.