Our Entrepreneurs
Alexandre de Botton
Korn Ferry Brasil
Impact metric
3,200% growth in revenues since selection“I saw an opportunity to standardize companies' HR procedures.”
- Country
- Brazil
- Industry
- Business/Professional Services
- Employees
- 2,300
- Website
Company Snapshot
Alex and his business partner Mark became close friends while pursuing bachelor degrees in Economics at the Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro. They went on to found ProPay, which provides a unique HR and payroll outsourcing solution which helps companies standardize HR procedures. ProPay’s goal is to increase the productivity of clients’ workforces while reducing the cost of HR management and administration.
After selection, ProPay became the number two player in the payroll segment in Brazil and expanded their business scope to benefits. The number of jobs at ProPay has grown by 196% since selection.
In October 2009, Alexandre became Managing Director, Brazil for Korn Ferry, a talent management company.
Endeavor and Korn Ferry Brasil
The Entrepreneurs have benefited from the Global eMBA and G-Lab programs, several Immersion Tours, and Entrepreneur Summit. Locally they participated in the PEG program and received legal, strategy, HR, and marketing support.
entrepreneur spotlights
-
Carlos Mastretta Guzmán
Mastretta, TecnoIdea
-
Jorge Soto
CitiVox
-
Fatih Işbecer
Pozitron
Support the cause

Endeavor transforms the economies of emerging markets by identifying and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs
I want to get involvedendeavor impact
59%average annual growth rate in first two years after engaging with Endeavor
Show me more