Magazine ‘Forbes’ has been the topic of conversation in recent hours as he made his famous list of the richest people in the world. On this occasion, characters like Kim Kardashian, the ‘socialite’ who appeared at the ‘top’ and the tycoons Elon Musk and Jeff, Bezos, who took second and third place respectively.
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In Colombia there was also news, such as the businessman David Velez was ranked along with the other 599 richest people in the world. For this edition it was at number 539.
Vélez is 39 years old, was born in Medellín and is described by ‘Forbes’ as a businessman who made ‘himself’.
According to ‘Forbes’, Vélez has a fortune of it $ 5.2 billion, a significant figure that was created from their technology companies. Basically your business Nubank, a digital bank that provides money management capabilities to its clients, has been strong in Latin America in recent years.
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NuBank was born in Brazil in 2013 and also has a presence in Mexico.
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Although Vélez is Colombian, the truth is that he has managed to amass his fortune Brazil, as Nubank was founded in 2013 in Sao Paulo and up to last year it had more than 30 million customers.
Surprisingly, it didn’t arrive in Colombia until September last year, although it had already expanded its operations to Mexico
However, it got a pretty broad base of interested parties, because according to Catalina Bretón, General Manager of Not Colombia, at EL TIEMPO, they had already registered 200,000 people to receive a bank card.
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But according to ‘Forbes’, Velez’s path was quite long, as it started with a two-story building and eventually created a financial empire. Upon arrival at Colombia told EL TIEMPO that he was interested in positively influencing the financial industry and gain access to the population unrelated to it.
We also strive to reach that 50 percent of the Colombian population that does not have a bank. With our platform, we hope to democratize access to the best financial services so that more and more people can use them, ”he said at the time.
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