CESAR GON - CEO, AUTHOR & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PIONEER

Cesar Gon is a global leader whose career has helped shape the digital era, guiding some of the world’s largest companies through transformation, modernization, and technological reinvention. His journey began long before CI&T was born, he taught himself programming at age 11 and sold his first commercial software at just 13, an early sign of the entrepreneurial drive and engineering mindset that would define his future. That passion led him to launch CI&T at just 23 years old, long before “digital transformation” became a business mandate. Today, CI&T is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (CINT), employs thousands across multiple continents, and serves global enterprises that rely on digital excellence to compete and grow.

Under Cesar’s leadership, CI&T pioneered the Lean Digital approach, a modern operating model that blends agile delivery, engineering discipline, customer-centered design, and measurable business value, an evolution that has enabled Fortune 500 and industry-leading companies to accelerate transformation without sacrificing quality, speed, or innovation. Cesar’s perspective has always been clear: technology is most powerful when paired with learning, experimentation, and a mindset that treats improvement as a continuous journey rather than a destination. This vision remains central as CI&T transitions into the next era of AI-driven business, helping organizations understand how new intelligence, automation, data ecosystems, and digital capabilities can reshape entire operating models.

Cesar’s impact extends far beyond the companies he leads. He is the co-author of Faster, Faster: The Dawn of Lean Digital, a definitive look at the transformation challenges facing modern enterprises and the frameworks needed to address them. His writing appears regularly in the MIT Sloan Management Review, where he offers insights on leadership, organizational transformation, technology strategy, and the realities of operating in a fast-changing digital world. He also contributes to the broader business community as a board member of the Lean Enterprise Institute and Itaú Bank and as an investor working with startups and emerging technology ventures across Latin America and beyond.

His achievements have earned global recognition, including being named EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ in Brazil in 2019 and leading CI&T’s successful IPO in 2021, a historic moment for the region’s technology landscape and a symbol of what is possible when ambition, discipline, and innovation intersect. Yet despite the scale of his work, Cesar remains grounded by his personal passions. He is a dedicated family man who finds balance in travel, reading, football, fine wine, and the curious exploration of new ideas, interests that fuel the creativity that continues to push CI&T and the broader industry forward.

Cesar Gon is more than a successful CEO; he is a shaper of digital futures, a champion of innovation-led growth, and a leader whose career demonstrates what happens when technology, curiosity, and disciplined execution come together with purpose.