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David Vélez, Colombian founder of Brazil’s Nubank will donate his fortune to Giving Pledge program

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - David Vélez, founder of the world's largest independent digital bank, Nubank, has signed the Giving Pledge initiative. He pledges to donate the majority of his wealth to solving social problems.

He and his wife, Mariel Reyes, made the pledge in a joint statement released today, August 11. This makes Vélez the only wealthy Latin American besides Brazilian real estate mogul Elie Horn to sign the Giving Pledge.

This program was initiated in 2010 by Warren Buffett, along with Bill Gates and his then-wife Melinda, to encourage the wealthy to donate to philanthropic . . .

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