CANCELLED - Kellogg Leader Speaker Series: Cristina Junqueira '08 MBA, Co-Founder and CEO, Emerging Business in the US, Nubank
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Thu, May 7, 2026
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM CDT (GMT-5)
White Auditorium
2211 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208,
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featuring Cristina Junqueira'08 MBA,
Co-Founder and CEO, Emerging Business in the US, Nubank
Cristina Helena Zingaretti Junqueira is Nubank’s Co-Founder and the CEO of Nu’s emerging business in the US. She has had multiple roles at Nu, namely leading the company’s expansion beyond Brazil as Chief Growth Officer. Before founding Nu in 2013, she worked for several years at Itaú Unibanco S.A. with consumer credit, card products and marketing. She was recently featured in the Financial Time’s 25 Most Influential Women for the year of 2024. Cristina holds an Engineering Bachelors degree and a Masters degree from Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and also an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
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Cristina Junqueira
Co-Founder and CEO, Emerging Business in the US, Nubank
Nubank
https://www.linkedin.com/in/crisjunqueira/
Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of the Group since August 2022. In addition to her group-wide responsibilities, she is currently dedicated to the development of Nu’s future banking operations in the United States, a project she is expected to lead as CEO upon its launch. Before founding Nu in 2013, she worked for several years at Itaú Unibanco S.A. with consumer credit, card products and marketing. She was recently featured in the Financial Time’s 25 Most Influential Women for the year of 2024. Cristina holds an Engineering Bachelors degree and a Masters degree from Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and also an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.