Martín Escobari
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I loved it when he told it.
Coming out of business school, I needed to say I worked at Lit.
Because I'm from Bolivia.
Bolivia's too small.
I was finishing eight years in the U.S.
U.S.
felt too competitive.
So I had to think somewhere else that had to be big, not too competitive, and have beautiful people because I was single at the time.
So that was the criteria.
So Brazil.
Brazil.
End of one.
Brazil.
So I look at the most exciting jobs in Brazil.
And at the time, the 3G founders had a private equity shop, which at the time was the largest private equity shop in the emerging markets.
This is 1997.
And one of the partners has recently graduated from the same school, was coming to town to interview Brazilians to hire one person.
So I was like, this is destiny.
This is for me.
So I reached out to Alex Bering, who is now running 3G and has become a great friend.