Martín Escobari

Martín Escobari is co-president and managing director of global growth equity firm General Atlantic. Escobari is also head of global growth equity and chairs General Atlantic's global investment committee and leads its business in Latin America.

Early life and education

Escobari was born in Bolivia, immigrated to Brazil and later relocated to the United States.

As CFO of Submarino.com, Escobari led the company's financial strategy and corporate development.

Escobari joined General Atlantic in 2012 as a managing director and head of Latin America, based out of the firm's São Paulo office. During his tenure in the region, General Atlantic made some of its most profitable investments in Brazil and continues to expand its operations in Latin America today.

In January 2017, Escobari was appointed chairman of General Atlantic's global investment committee and relocated to New York. He also serves on the firm's management and portfolio committees and supervises the firm's Growth Acceleration team. He serves as a mentor and global ambassador for Endeavor and is a member of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Brazil Advisory Group at Harvard University.

Corporate board memberships

Current

XP Inc. D-Local Arco Grupo Axo Pague Menos Sanfer Kavak Jüsto

Publications

Escobari co-authored Sucesso Made in Brasil, covering Brazil's notable companies that thrived in the turbulent 1990s, as well as articles in Harvard Business Review Latin America, Harvard Strategy and Innovation and Sloan's Business Strategy Review. Escobari was profiled in Fora da Curva 2 and The Future of Private Equity, and was also mentioned in the Harvard Business School Case Study on XP Inc.