Sitawi's CEO, Leonardo Letelier, tells a little about his story and the motivations that led him to change his life and become a social entrepreneur.kodiak parajumpers
In 2006, after eight years as a McKinsey consultant, Leonardo Letelier received two job surveys: from a private bank European who was going to settle in Rio and the NGO CDI. He found it strange that he was equally excited about two such different things. “I discovered that I wanted to join the business to the social, that is, to use my corporate experience to do something with a transformative effect”, says the 39-year-old. He then created a pioneering project in Brazil: Sitawi — Finanças do Bem, a non-profit social fund that lends money to NGOs at interest rates well below the market (7.25% per year) and with less bureaucracy.
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