Guilherme Benchimol is the founder and chairman of the board of XP Inc. In 2018, he was the only Brazilian to make Bloomberg’s list of the most influential people and, according to Forbes magazine, has a fortune estimated at US$2.6 billion. Benchimol’s company, which houses brokerages such as Rico and Clear, has R$873 billion in assets under management, with the number of clients reaching 3.5 million by April 2022, according to XP itself.