Kupfer has over 20 years of experience in the Financial and Real Estate industries. Before joining Northstone as a partner, he co-founded and was for 13 years managing partner of Maxcap Real Estate Investment Advisors, a leading Brazilian real estate investment management company. The company had an AUM in excess of US$ 500 mm. He also founded and acted as Board Member of Maxcasa/Maxhaus (a highly focused urban concept apartment developer), BN Corp (one of the only pure office developer in the country) and Habitat Capital Partners (an asset manager focused on real estate receivables). Prior to founding Maxcap, Mr. Kupfer was active in a number of positions at Wal-Mart Brasil, Banco de Investimentos Garantia and Fnac Brasil. Mr. Kupfer graduated in Business Administration from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas in 1994. He also attended several seminars, including Harvard Business School YPO Presidents’ Seminars. Mr. Kupfer is a member since 2008 of YPO – Young Presidents’ Organization, where he played several roles both in the Paulista Chapter and in the Area Brazil Board. He is also a member of the Deliberative Council of the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (HIAE).