A profile of Nubank founder David Vélez, who graduated from Stanford, worked at Sequoia, and moved to Brazil to start the bank in 2013, as Nubank enters the US (Gabi Marques/Colossus)
After facing down regulators, oligopolies, and corruption in Latin America, Nubank founder David Vélez faces his biggest challenge yet: the United States
David Vélez, the founder of Nubank, grew up in a family of entrepreneurs in Medellín, Colombia. He began working at his father's button factory at the tender age of five and later moved to Costa Rica with his family when he was eight years old, seeking a safer environment for their children. Despite the challenges and upheaval of moving away from everything he knew, Vélez's entrepreneurial spirit remained intact.
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