Pierpaolo Barbieri (Ualá)

Pierpaolo Barbieri has transformed Argentine finance by building Ualá, a fintech platform that has issued over 4 million prepaid cards. Ualá’s app processes $2.5 billion in annual transactions, making it faster than the average neobank in Latin America in terms of user growth. Barbieri’s company raised $350 million in its Series D round, a valuation that outperforms #7 Guibert Englebienne’s Globant at a similar stage. With 40% of Ualá’s users being first-time bank account holders, Barbieri has democratized banking access more effectively than traditional institutions.