Luciano Bueno is a proud Brazilian-American entrepreneur and second-time founder. His journey began at 16, selling t-shirts door-to-door to help support his family, an experience that forged his belief in hard work, resilience, and perseverance.

He is the Founder and CEO of GALY, a deep-tech company building a biomanufacturing platform that began with cotton and is expanding to other essential products. GALY operates a fully traceable, in-vitro process that is 10× faster, 500× more productive, and at least 80% more resource-efficient than traditional methods, independent of land or weather. By enabling onshore production at scale, GALY is redefining how critical goods are made and restoring industrial competitiveness to countries around the world.

Before founding his first company, Luciano built his career at Deloitte, working in consulting and audit with clients in fashion and agriculture, and later at Arpex Capital, where he focused on e-commerce, SaaS, and fintech. Through these roles, he developed deep expertise in strategy, operations, finance, M&A, and investments. He also co-built Singularity University from the ground up, alongside another educational institution that went on to impact thousands of leaders globally.

Luciano holds an undergraduate degree in business, completed postgraduate studies in biotechnology at MIT, and the Owner/President Management (OPM) program at Harvard Business School (HBS), in addition to executive programs at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Draper University, Babson College, UC Davis, and other leading institutions.

He is EB-1 Green Card holder (“the Einstein visa”) and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Unreasonable Fellow, Atlantic Council Fellow, and HBS OPM alumnus. Together with his team, his work has won the Global Change Award and the LVMH Innovation Award, and has been recognized by TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions and Biofuels Digest’s Next 50 Companies to Disrupt the World. His work has been recognized by Harvard Business School multiple times, including podcasts, competitions, and a published HBS business case.

Beyond business, Luciano mentors entrepreneurs and low-income students, volunteers with nonprofit organizations, and is an avid traveler, former chess player, and extreme sports enthusiast.

His core values are Radical Candor, Accountability, and Integrity and he lives by:

Hard work outpaces smart work every time.

Those who say they can and those who say they can’t are both usually right.

No matter what cards life gives you, you have to learn to make your own magic.

This too shall pass.