Insper is a Brazilian non-profit higher education institution located in the Vila Olympia district close to the new business centre of São Paulo, Brazil.

In the same year, the Business Administration and Economics programs achieved an "A" rating in the MEC assessment, in the Provão, securing third place in the country and first in Greater São Paulo.

In autumn of 2003, the ex-partners of Banco Garantia: Claudio Haddad, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Herrmann Telles, and Carlos Alberto Sicupira, become the controller shareholders of the institution through acquisitions of other partners shares.

[5] During the first months of the pandemic, Insper produced and distributed approximately 22,000 units of Face Shields for health professionals working in ICUs in Brazilian hospitals for free.

In March 2021, all Insper activities returned to the remote model, due to the significant rise in COVID-19 cases in Brazil and the city of São Paulo entering the red phase.

In August 2021, Insper partially resumed in-person activities again after authorization from the São Paulo State Government for 60% capacity in higher education spaces.

The accelerator's intention is to help Insper students' and alumni's startups expand their scalability, better structure their products and processes, and connect entrepreneurs with potential investors for their business.

[9] On October 7, 2022, Insper's Executive Committee announced that Marcos Lisboa would leave the presidency of the institution after 10 years at the helm of the university's operations.

[12] The new president took the position fully on March 1, 2023, and intends to develop within the institution areas focused on internationalization, technology, scholarship programs, science, and sustainability, as well as improvements in the teaching and research models adopted by Insper.

[14] According to the email released by the Board of Counsellors, Marcelo's departure was due to "differences regarding the prioritization of some strategic objectives," and the contract interruption was made by mutual agreement between both parties.

[21] In August 2017, Insper inaugurated Toca da Raposa[22] (in homage to the institution's mascot), known for being the first residential accommodation for scholarship students built by a private university in Brazil.

The building, located in Vila Olímpia (about 600 meters from Insper), was donated by the Brava Foundation and has the capacity to accommodate more than 50 full scholarship students who live outside the metropolitan region of São Paulo.

The new building has 6 floors and 15 thousand square meters, 15 classrooms (14 of which have technology that allows for expansion or adaptation according to demand, activity, and number of students, in addition to the possibility of recording, videoconferencing, and broadcasting classes) and 8 laboratories.

[25] In 2021, the Insper President, Marcos Lisboa, confirmed through a live session with students' families that the institution had begun planning the physical expansion of its buildings through the purchase of land in Vila Olímpia.