Beny Rubinstein

Overview

Beny Rubinstein leads the strategy and execution at Acelera Partners to foster the Brazilian startups ecosystem development, bringing it closer to the world’s top 10 startup ecosystems. Over the past 13 years, Beny has held a variety of leadership positions at Microsoft Corporation in Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Services, primarily focused on improving the world through business and technology disruptive innovation. He spearheaded global business development for the Consumer Health Solutions Group at Microsoft Research and for Microsoft Azure’s sales incubation team in Worldwide Enterprise & Partner Group. Prior to joining Microsoft, Beny was one of first employees of Amdocs in Brazil. He also worked a management consultant for The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he advised some of the largest companies in Latin America on a B2B e-commerce initiative. Beny started his career in Marketing (Executive Education) and Finance (Internal Audit & Controls) at IBM. Rubinstein earned an M.B.A. degree in Finance and Strategic Management from The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), where he is an active member of the Admissions Committee. He also holds a B. Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ), where he was the recipient of a Scholarship for Academic Excellence (top 5% of class). He is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew and English and has a passion for learning, coaching, teaching and mentoring.