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Luis Silva e/acc

Founder and CEO at CloudWalk InfinitePay | Harvard OPM 62 | Singularity University GSP14 & EP10

Luis Silva is the founder, chairman, and CEO of CloudWalk, a fintech company building an interplanetary payment network.23 He joined The Long Now Foundation in May 2015 as member number 6633.2 Silva is known for his passion for long-term thinking and leveraging technology to improve society.6

Key points about Luis Silva:

  1. Founded CloudWalk in 2013, which has grown to a unicorn valued at over $2 billion.3
  2. CloudWalk has expanded internationally, is profitable, and recently crossed annual revenues of $400 million.14
  3. Learned to code at 16 and founded his first company at 21.6
  4. Selected among 80 entrepreneurs to study at NASA Ames Research Park in Silicon Valley in 2014.6
  5. Co-author of books on innovation and articles published by O'Reilly and Elsevier.6
  6. Recently recognized by Bloomberg as one of the most influential people in Latin America.5

Silva's approach to business is influenced by extreme long-term thinking, often considering the impact of technology and society over a 10,000-year timeframe.14 This perspective, fostered by his involvement with The Long Now Foundation, guides his decision-making and vision for CloudWalk's future as an interplanetary payment network.14

Highlights

Jul 19 · linkedin

Nasci numa família pobre no interior de São Paulo, estudei em escola pública e não pude fazer uma faculdade. Foi um detalhe na minha vida que fez a diferença: o esforço dos meus pais para me dar um computador, o que me permitiu aprender a programar sozinho e conseguir um emprego.

A CloudWalk, Inc. é formada por histórias de pessoas como o do Gabriel Bernal, que há 10 anos começou a trabalhar como Customer Support Engineer I e hoje comanda a área que tem mais de 170 profissionais. E do Elias David Oliveira Sousa, que acaba entrar para o melhor time de CSE do Brasil, a partir da nossa parceria com o projeto Alpha Edtech.

Liderado pela Nuricel Aguilera, o Instituto Alpha Lumen oferece formação em programação voltada para jovens com altas habilidades em situação de vulnerabilidade social. É aquele "detalhe" que transforma a vida de pessoas. Tenho muita satisfação em apoiar essa iniciativa.

Mar 19 · linkedin

we are hiring based AI engineers

if you know the meaning of these 2 images, please consider joining our AI cult AGI is near. help us to democratize access to billions of people send a small tweet with evidence of exceptional ability to luis at cloudwalk.io and pedro at cloudwalk.io

ps: MBA types not allowed

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São Paulo, Brazil