Mr. Claure is a global entrepreneur and investor. He is a Partner and Co-Chairman of Brightstar Capital Partners, a multi-billion investment firm focused on deploying AI to transform businesses since May 2025. He is also the founder CEO of Claure Group, a multi-billion-dollar global investment firm spanning multiple high growth sectors, including AI & technology, energy transition, fashion and entertainment, and sports. Through his investment firm, Claure Group, Mr. Claure provides strategic capital and expertise to many of his portfolio companies and funds management teams, including SHEIN, the fastest growing on-demand fashion company globally, where he is Group Vice Chairman; Bicycle Capital, Latin America's leading growth equity fund; Open Opportunity Fund, a fund supporting Black and Hispanic tech founders in the U.S.; and eB Capital, a Brazil-focused investment platform. Additionally, Mr. Claure is the Co-Chair of Digital Data Design (D³) Institute at Harvard Business School, an organization which focuses on shaping the future of business and society through digital and AI-driven business initiatives. Mr. Claure served as the Chief Executive Officer of SoftBank International and the Chief Operating Officer of SoftBank from May 2018 until January 2022. In addition, Mr. Claure served as a director of SoftBank from 2017 to 2020. He was also Executive Chairman of WeWork from October 2019 until January 2022. Previously, Mr. Claure served as Sprint's President and Chief Executive Officer, serving as President from August 2014 until January 2018 and as Chief Executive Officer from August 2014 until May 2018. Mr. Claure was Executive Chairman of Sprint prior to the Sprint Combination and served on the Sprint board of directors. Prior to joining Sprint, Mr. Claure was Chief Executive Officer of Brightstar Corp., a company he founded in 1997 and grew from a small Miami-based distributor of mobile device accessories into a global business with more than $10 billion in gross revenue for the year ended 2013. Mr. Claure received a B.S. in Economics and Finance and an honorary Doctorate of Commercial Science from Bentley University. He also received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Babson College. He is also an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School. Qualifications and Skills Supporting Election to the Board: Former CEO and Executive Chairman of Sprint Expertise in telecommunications and technology industries Global communications and investment experience