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Paulo Herman

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Vice President, Leap Global Partners

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Leap Global Partners
Title
Vice President
Role
Vice president
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Record updated 18 September 2026

About

Paulo leads investment strategy and due diligence at Leap, bringing over a decade of experience in investments and portfolio management. Previously, he served as Chief Investment Officer at Grupo Delta, a prominent Central American family office, where he managed public and private market investments, with a focus on alternative assets from growth to late stage opportunities. As an early team member at ETFdb.com (now VettaFi), Paulo gained hands-on operational experience during the platform’s growth and its eventual acquisition by TMX Group. He is also an active angel investor, supporting early-stage startups. Paulo’s investment insights and market analysis have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, The Boston Globe, and MarketWatch. He holds an MBA from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and a B.S. in Finance and Real Estate, from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

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