Grupo Silvio Santos
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Grupo Silvio Santos is a Brazilian holding led by the Brazilian billionaire media-man Silvio Santos
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The principal member of the holding is SBT, the third biggest network television in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. The group also controls the Tele Sena, the Teatro Imprensa, Jequiti, Sisan Empreendimentos  and many other investments such as hotels and shopping malls.

The group may also be recognized by the acronym GSS. In 2008 the GSS was considered the 63rd largest company in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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After more than 20 years, the SBT (parent company of the group next to the Banco Panamericano) loses the status of deputy leader of the national audience for the Rede Record in December 2007.

The branch of communication represented by SBT and TV Alphaville is the third largest media conglomerate in the country behind only of the Organizações Globo
Organizações Globo
Organizações Globo is the largest media conglomerate of South America, founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1925 by Irineu Marinho. It also owns companies on the food industry and the real estate and financial markets....

 owner of the Rede Globo
Rede Globo
Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...

 and Grupo Abril
Grupo Abril
Grupo Abril is the second largest Brazilian media conglomerate with its headquarter in São Paulo. The group is the holding company of Editora Abril, who publishes the weekly newsmagazine Veja....

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Holdings

  • SBT - Network TV, the 3rd largest network TV of the Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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    • SBT HD
    • SBT Jaú
      Jaú
      Jaú is a municipality in the center of the state of São Paulo, in Brazil. The population in 2008 was 133,333 and the area is 690.18 km². The elevation is 522 m...

    • SBT Rio de Janeiro
      Rio de Janeiro
      Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

    • SBT São José dos Campos
      São José dos Campos
      São José dos Campos is a municipality and a major city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil and one of the most important industrial and research centers in Latin America. It is located in the Paraíba Valley, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the country, São Paulo ...

    • SBT Nova Friburgo
      Nova Friburgo
      Nova Friburgo is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil. It is located in the northern mountainous region of the state, 136 km from its capital Rio de Janeiro...

    • SBT São Paulo
      São Paulo
      São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

    • SBT Belém
      Belém
      Belém is a Brazilian city, the capital and largest city of state of Pará, in the country's north region. It is the entrance gate to the Amazon with a busy port, airport and bus/coach station...

    • SBT Porto Alegre
      Porto Alegre
      Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...

    • SBT Ribeirão Preto
      Ribeirão Preto
      Ribeirão Preto is a municipality and city in the Northeastern region of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is nicknamed Brazilian California, because of a combination of an economy based on agrobusiness plus high technology, wealth and sunny weather all year long. With 605,114 inhabitants,...

    • SBT Brasília
      Brasília
      Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...

    • 101 SBT affiliates
    • SBT International Corporation
    • SBT Music
    • SBT Filmes
    • CDT da Anhanguera
      CDT da Anhanguera
      The Centro de Televisão da Anhanguera, popularly known as CDT da Anhanguera is the second largest center of television production in the Brazil and is the headquarters of the SBT. The complex is second only to the Projac of the Rede Globo...

  • Auto Moto Shopping Vimave
  • Silvio Santos Participações
  • Liderança Capitalização
  • Perícia Administradora e Corretora de Seguros
  • Promolíder Promotora de vendas
  • SSF Fomento Comercial
  • Sisan Empreendimentos Imobiliários
  • TV Alphaville
    • Canal TV Alphaville
  • Centro Cultural do Grupo Silvio Santos
  • Baú em Casa
  • GSS Centro de Serviços Compartilhados
  • Hotel Jequitimar
  • SS Comércio de Cosméticos e Produção de Higiene Pessoal
  • Lojas do Baú Crediário
  • Braspag
  • Teleton Brasil
  • Teatro Imprensa
  • Baú da Felicidade
  • Tele Sena

Companies that belonged to the GSS

  • Estúdios Maga
  • TV Corcovado, CNT today.
  • Rádio Record São Paulo
    São Paulo
    São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

    , sold to Edir Macedo
    Edir Macedo
    Edir Macedo Bezerra is a Brazilian religious leader. Macedo was raised Catholic, but by 1970 was a Pentecostal. He founded the "Neo-Pentecostal" Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil in 1977....

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  • Rede Record
    Rede Record
    Rede Record de Televisão is a Brazilian television network, founded in 1953 by Paulo Machado de Carvalho, also founder of Rádio Record. Currently it is owned by businessman Edir Macedo, founder and bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Since 2007 it is Brazil's second largest...

    , sold to Edir Macedo
    Edir Macedo
    Edir Macedo Bezerra is a Brazilian religious leader. Macedo was raised Catholic, but by 1970 was a Pentecostal. He founded the "Neo-Pentecostal" Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil in 1977....

    . At the time of sale Rede Record was the 4th largest network TV in the country. After a heavy investment in 2008 it became the deputy leader in audience surpassing the SBT, until then vice leader.
  • Banco Panamericano
    PanAmericano
    PanAmericano is a Brazilian midsize commercial bank focused on grating consumer loans to individuals of lower to medium income brackets, such as consumer loans, payroll deduction loans, credit cards branded as Visa or Mastercard, insurance products, leasing, and group financial...

     solt to investment bank BTG Pactual
    BTG Pactual
    BTG Pactual is a Brazilian investment bank that resulted from the takeover of UBS Pactual by BTG in 2009. BTG Pactual is the largest independent investment bank in Latin America. It has experience in emerging markets...

  • Hydrogen, sold to Hypermarcas
    Hypermarcas
    Hypermarcas is a Brazilian conglomerate. The company has a complete portfolio of brands in Brazil, with capital from Brazil, considering jointly market segments in which it operates...

  • Lojas do Baú da Felicidade, was the groups retail company, but was sol to Magazine Luíza
    Magazine Luíza
    Magazine Luíza is the third largest Brazilian retail company by revenue and stores , after Grupo Pão de Açúcar and Máquina de Vendas. The company was founded in 1958 and its headquartered in Franca in State of São Paulo...

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