Here is a list of top 10 wealthiest people in Brazil as
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1 Joseph Safra, 81 years
Net
worth $19.9B
• Joseph Safra, a descendant of a
banking family from Syria, is the world's richest banker.
• In Brazil he owns Banco Safra, the
country's 8th largest bank, while in Switzerland he owns J. Safra Sarasin, a
bank created in a merger in 2013.
• His oldest son, Jacob, is responsible
for J. Safra Sarasin, Safra National Bank of New York and real estate holdings
across the U.S.
• His son David manages Banco Safra in
Brazil; his son Alberto left the bank's board of directors in October 2019.
• He also owns 50% of banana grower
Chiquita Brands International; the other 50% is owned by Brazilian orange juice
billionaire Jose Cutrale.
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2 Jorge Paulo Lemann & family, 80 years
Net
worth $10.4B
• Jorge Paulo Lemann started in
investment banking and later became a controlling shareholder of Anheuser-Busch
InBev, the world's largest brewer.
• His fellow controlling shareholders at
AB Inbev include Brazilian business partners Carlos Sicupira and Marcel
Herrmann Telles, both billionaires.
• In 2016 AB InBev completed its nearly
$100 billion acquisition of SABMiller, acquiring brands including Pilsner
Urquell and Foster's Lager.
• Lemann and his partners also own
stakes in Restaurant Brands International, parent of Burger King and Canadian
coffee chain Tim Hortons.
• In 2013 Lemann's private equity firm
3G Capital and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought H.J. Heinz &
Company. Then Heinz merged with Kraft
#3
Eduardo Saverin 38 years
Net
worth $8.4B
• Saverin cofounded Facebook with
Harvard classmate Mark Zuckerberg in 2004.
• Now a venture capitalist, he still
derives most of his wealth from his small but valuable stake in Facebook.
• In 2016, he launched venture fund B
Capital, with BCG and Bain Capital veteran Raj Ganguly.
• The fund has raised $766 million so
far and invests in late-stage tech firms in Asia, Europe and the U.S.
• A Brazilian native, Saverin has been a
Singapore resident since renouncing his U.S. citizenship in 2012 ahead of
Facebook's IPO.
#4
Marcel Herrmann Telles, 70 years,
Net
worth $6.5B
• Marcel Hermann Telles is one of the
controlling shareholders of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer,
of which he owns a minority stake.
• His fellow controlling shareholders at
AB Inbev include longtime Brazilian business partners Beto Sicupira and Jorge
Paulo Lemann, both billionaires.
• Telles and his partners also have
shares of listed Restaurant Brands International, parent of Burger King and
Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons.
• In 2013, the trio's private equity
firm 3G Capital and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought H.J. Heinz &
Company. Then Heinz merged with Kraft.
#5
Carlos Alberto Sicupira & family,
Net
worth $70 4.8B
• Most of Carlos "Beto"
Sicupira's wealth comes from his shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's
largest brewer, in which he owns about a 3% stake.
• His fellow shareholders at AB Inbev
include longtime Brazilian business partners Jorge Paulo Lemann and Marcel
Herrmann Telles, both billionaires.
• In 2016 AB InBev completed its nearly
$100 billion acquisition of SABMiller, acquiring brands including Pilsner
Urquell and Foster's Lager.
• Sicupira and his partners also own
stakes in listed Restaurant Brands International, parent of Burger King and
Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons.
• In 2013, the trio's private equity
firm 3G Capital and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought H.J. Heinz &
Company. Heinz later merged with Kraft.
#6
Alexandre Behring, 53 years,
Net
worth $4.3B
• Alexandre Behring is a cofounder and
the managing partner of 3G Capital, a multibillion-dollar Brazil-born, U.S.-led
investment firm.
• Behring chairs Kraft Heinz and is
co-chairman of Restaurant Brands International, parent of Burger King and
Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons.
• New to the Forbes Billionaires list in
2020, Behring is a well known figure in the private equity world.
• His partners at 3G Capital include
fellow billionaires Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles and Carlos Alberto
Sicupira.
• 3G Capital owns stakes in Kraft Heinz
and Restaurant Brands International.
#7
Luciano Hang 58 years
Net
worth $3.6B
• Brazil's Luciano Hang has found
success with department store chain Havan by focusing heavily on physical
stores rather than online sales.
• Hang cofounded Havan in 1986; today it
employs some 15,000 people in more than 100 locations, all in small to
mid-sized cities.
• Hang bought out his cofounder early on
and today owns nearly all of Havan, which had about $1 billion in 2017
revenues.
• Hang has many followers on social
media; he regularly live streams about politics on Facebook and gets up to 1
million views.
• Hang is a vocal supporter of Brazil's
President Jair Bolsonaro, a right wing candidate who was elected in October
2018.
#8
Dulce Pugliese de Godoy Bueno, 72 years,
Net
worth $3.5B
• Dulce Pugliese de Godoy Bueno and
Edson de Godoy Bueno, who died in February 2017, founded health insurance and
medical care firm Amil in 1972.
• Dulce Pugliese and Edson Bueno, who
were married when they cofounded Amil, later divorced. Dulce kept her roughly
33% ownership stake at Amil.
• AMIL's IPO was in 2007. It became
Latin America's largest health care company, providing medical care and
discount pharmacy coverage to millions.
• Giant U.S. health insurer United
Health Group purchased 90% of Amil in 2012 for $4.9 billion in cash.
• She owns a 48% stake in Dasa, a
publicly-traded chain of medical laboratories. Pedro Bueno, her stepson, became
CEO of Dasa in 2014.
#9
Miguel Krigsner, 70 years,
Net
worth $3.4B
• Bolivian-born Miguel Krigsner founded
Grupo Boticario, Brazil's second-largest cosmetics company behind number one,
Natura.
• Grupo Boticario operates in cities
around Brazil and seven other countries. Krigsner owns nearly 80% of the $1.15
billion (revenues) firm.
• His brother-in-law Artur Grynbaum
joined as a financial assistant and worked his way up to CEO of the group. He
owns about 20% of the group.
• In 1990 Krigsner create Foundation
Boticario de Protecao a Natureza, which receives about 1% of Grupo Boticario's
net income annually.
#10
Andre Esteves, 52 years
Net
worth $2.9B
• Andre Esteves began his career as an
intern at Brazilian investment bank Pactual and eventually acquired control of
the bank.
• Esteves sold Pactual to Swiss banking
giant UBS in 2006 for $3.1 billion, forming the Brazilian subsidiary UBS
Pactual.
• In 2009 he engineered the sale of UBS
Pactual to investment firm BTG and became chairman of the board and CEO of the
new firm.
• He was accused of obstruction of
justice for Brazil's largest corruption scandal, Operation Car Wash, and jailed
for almost three weeks in 2015.
• In December 2018, Esteves was acquitted
of corruption charges and returned to BTG as one of the controlling partners.
source:
forbes,com
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