Hector Gusmão: “Learning Collectively to Create Solutions is The Way Forward.”
From his childhood dream of becoming a doctor, to managing a gym as a teenager, to becoming a serial entrepreneur and ultimately founding 42 Rio, Hector Gusmão has already had quite an eventful career! We sat down with him to discuss what drove him to open a 42 campus, his views on education and his ambitions for the future.
42 Rio: Bridging Inequalities in Brazil’s Cultural Capital
Nestled in a building overlooking Rio de Janeiro’s world famous Sambadrome (the venue where the main events of the city’s carnival take place each year), a 20-minute ride away from the city’s iconic beaches, 42 Rio is one of 42’s two campuses in Brazil. Founded in 2019 by serial entrepreneurs Hector Gusmão, Bruno Castello and Ula Amaral, the campus only truly opened its doors in 2022, after a rocky start due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now firmly on the rails, it seeks to address Rio’s inequalities of opportunity while empowering its students to become entrepreneurs in their own right.
