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Carlos (Degas) Filgueiras is co-founder and general partner at Bewater, a growth Venture Capital firm based in São Paulo. Degas has been a former senior executive, serial entrepreneur, and individual investor throughout his whole career.
Degas co-founded one of the first colleges that made up Adtalem Educacional do Brasil in 2000 and, in 2004, assumed his position as President and CEO. In this role, he managed Adtalem Educacional do Brasil’s growth from 2,500 students to nearly 11,700 students in 2009 when DeVry Education Group acquired the institution. Degas continued as CEO, helping to grow enrollment to 115,000 students across 17 institutions in the most important cities in the country. In 2017, in addition to his role as CEO of Adtalem Educacional do Brasil, Degas also became Group President of Business and Technology of Adtalem Global Education, being responsible for expanding the company to other countries and strategically running the vertical globally.
Degas totalized almost 20 years in Higher Education when he left his executive role in June 2019. Previously to Adtalem, Degas was a co-founder and General Director at InterCouriers and eventually helped facilitate the merger of InterCouriers with four other companies, forming ebX Express Brasil, the largest private parcel delivery company in the country.
Degas holds a master’s in business from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of São Paulo.
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