Industrial Engineer graduated from UFRJ with an MBA in Corporate Finance from PUC-RJ, Leonardo joined Facebook in 2012 before the IPO to act as the Growth Manager of new businesses across Latin America. Successfully deployed the mobile app install ad unit, launched the  internet.org initiative, managed relationship with large Telcos and during the past 2 years grew Facebook’s collaboration tool – Workplace by Facebook – by 50x. After 7 years at the company he decided to leave the life at a tech giant in order to move faster and create something disruptive. In 2019 founded 2 companies on the AI space and is playing an active role developing the startup ecosystem.