Marcelo Claure ’93 took the reins as president and CEO of Sprint in August 2014. He has served on the company’s Board of Directors since January 2014. Prior to this, Claure was CEO of Brightstar, which he founded in 1997 and grew from a small Miami-based distributor into a global business with more than $10 billion in gross revenue for the year ended 2013.

In 2013, Forbes magazine listed Brightstar as the 55th largest privately held company in the United States. Brightstar was also recognized as the country’s largest Hispanic-owned business from 2007 through 2009 and again from 2011 through 2013. As of August 2014, it had a local presence in more than 50 countries on six continents and delivered its products and services to more than 90,000 customers in over 125 countries.

Claure is a member of The Wall Street Journal CEO Council, a trustee at Florida International University, and vice chairman of the Advisory Board for Mobile World Capital Barcelona. He holds a BS in Economics–Finance and an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science degree from Bentley.

In February 2014, together with David Beckham and Simon Fuller, Claure became a principal partner in Miami Beckham United, a venture to establish a Major League Soccer franchise in Miami. He also serves on the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Committee for Fair Play and Social Responsibility.