Guilherme Benchimol is the founder of XP Inc., an investment bank created in 2001 with the objective of reducing the dominance of large traditional banks in the Brazilian financial market. CEO since its creation until May this year, the economist from Rio de Janeiro currently holds the position of chairman of the company’s board of directors. With more than 7.000 employees and a 120% growth over the past two years, according to data from LinkedIn, XP debuted on the NYSE in 2019.