Ricardo Sales has a degree in Electronic Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) and an MBA from Stanford University. Ricardo worked for more than seven years with private equity investments at General Atlantic, specializing in the education, technology, and financial services sectors. During this period he participated on the board of several companies, among them: Linx (B3: LINX3), Arco Educação (NASDAQ: ARCE), QuintoAndar, Hotmart, and D-Local. Between 2010 and 2012, he worked as a merger and acquisition analyst at Goldman Sachs. He is currently Co-Founder and Director of Strategy and New Business at Isaac, a payment and financial services startup for educational institutions. He is also Co-Founder and CEO of Associação Primeira Chance, a non-profit organization that promotes the social growth of low-income youth through education.