Overview

• Time included Galípolo on its 2025 Time100 Next list, which spotlights rising leaders already exerting influence.
• Gita Gopinath authored his profile, praising his firm, long-term approach and noting that a progressive policymaker need not be populist.
• Coverage highlights his focus on reducing inflation and reinforcing the Central Bank’s independence under fiscal pressure.
• Galípolo was nominated by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in August 2024 to lead the Central Bank, succeeding Roberto Campos Neto.
• He is 42 and built a career across academia, public service, and finance, including leading Banco Fator from 2017 to 2021 and teaching on public–private partnerships.