List of Brazilians by net worth
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The following is a list of Brazilians by net worth:
| Rank | Name | Net worth (US Dollars) | Age | Sources of wealth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eike Batista Eike Batista Eike Fuhrken Batista , is a Brazilian entrepreneur and president of the EBX Group , which includes five companies that trade on the BOVESPA´s Novo Mercado, a special segment of the São Paulo stock market where enterprises with the highest standards of corporate governance are listed... |
30.0 billion | 54 | EBX Group |
| 2 | Jorge Paulo Lemann Jorge Paulo Lemann Jorge Paulo Lemann is the third wealthiest individual in Brazil. He is ranked as the 55th richest person in the world by Forbes, with an estimated net worth of as of September 2011.-Biography:... |
19.4 billion | 71 | Anheuser-Busch InBev Anheuser-Busch InBev Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. is a Belgian-Brazilian publicly-traded company, based in Leuven, Belgium. It is the largest global brewer with nearly 25% global market share and one of the world's top five consumer products companies by EBITA.... , Lojas Americanas Lojas Americanas Lojas Americanas is a Brazilian retail chain founded in 1929 in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, by Austrian Max Landesmann and Americans John Lee, Glen Matson, James Marshall and Batson Borger... |
| 3 | Joseph Safra Joseph Safra Joseph Safra currently runs the Brazilian banking and investment empire, Safra Group. As the chairman of all Safra companies, among them Safra National Bank of New York and the large Banco Safra headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, he is ranked at 68 with a net wealth of 11.4$ billion on Forbes... |
11.4 billion | 72 | Safra Group Safra Group The Safra Group is an international network of privately held companies controlled by the Safra family, comprising a banking and financial institutions conglomerate, industrial operations and telecommunications. It is present in the US, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean.The... |
| 4 | Marcel Herrmann Telles | 6.2 billion | 61 | Anheuser-Busch InBev Anheuser-Busch InBev Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. is a Belgian-Brazilian publicly-traded company, based in Leuven, Belgium. It is the largest global brewer with nearly 25% global market share and one of the world's top five consumer products companies by EBITA.... , Lojas Americanas Lojas Americanas Lojas Americanas is a Brazilian retail chain founded in 1929 in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, by Austrian Max Landesmann and Americans John Lee, Glen Matson, James Marshall and Batson Borger... |
| 5 | Dorothea Steinbruch & family | 5.8 billion | N/A | CSN Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional is the second major steel-maker company in Brazil. Its main plant is located in the city of Volta Redonda, in the state of Rio de Janeiro... , Grupo Vicunha, Banco Fibra |
| 6 | Carlos Alberto Sicupira | 5.5 billion | 63 | Anheuser-Busch InBev Anheuser-Busch InBev Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. is a Belgian-Brazilian publicly-traded company, based in Leuven, Belgium. It is the largest global brewer with nearly 25% global market share and one of the world's top five consumer products companies by EBITA.... , Lojas Americanas Lojas Americanas Lojas Americanas is a Brazilian retail chain founded in 1929 in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, by Austrian Max Landesmann and Americans John Lee, Glen Matson, James Marshall and Batson Borger... |
| 7 | Antonio Ermirio de Moraes Antônio Ermírio de Moraes Antônio Ermírio de Moraes is a Brazilian businessman who is the chairman of the Votorantim Group; one of the country's largest companies, specialized in metals, paper, cement and frozen orange juice... & family |
5.3 billion | 82 | Votorantim Group Votorantim Group Votorantim Group is one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Latin America, operating in various sectors such as finance, energy, siderurgy, steel, pulp and paper among others... |
| 8 | Aloysio de Andrade Faria Aloysio de Andrade Faria Aloysio de Andrade Faria is a Brazilian banker. He is one of Forbes Magazine's "World's Richest People."A physician by training, Faria entered early the financial business... |
4.3 billion | 90 | Grupo Alfa |
| 9 | Abilio dos Santos Diniz | 3.4 billion | 74 | Grupo Pão de Açúcar |
| 10 | Alfredo Egydio Arruda Villela Filho | 3.2 billion | 41 | Itaú Unibanco |
| 11 | Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela | 3.2 billion | 37 | Itaú Unibanco |
| 12 | Antonio Luiz Seabra | 3.0 billion | 68 | Natura Natura Natura is the Brazilian leading manufacturer and marketer of skin care, solar filters, cosmetics, perfume and hair care products.... |
| 13 | André Esteves | 3.0 billion | 41 | 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... |
| 14 | Fernando Roberto Moreira Salles | 2.6 billion | 64 | Itaú Unibanco |
| 15 | João Moreira Salles João Moreira Salles João Moreira Salles is a Brazilian documentarian and president of the Instituto Moreira Salles. In 2006, he founded the magazine piauí. He has also taught courses on documentary at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Princeton University... |
2.6 billion | N/A | Itaú Unibanco |
| 16 | Pedro Moreira Salles Pedro Moreira Salles Pedro Moreira Salles is the current Chairman of Itaú Unibanco the largest private banking institution in Brazil and is a Forbes billionaires listed person with a net worth of US$ 2.6 billion.-Career:... |
2.6 billion | 51 | Itaú Unibanco |
| 17 | Walter Salles Walter Salles Walter Moreira Salles, Jr. is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence.-Life and career:Salles was born in Rio de Janeiro. He is the son of Elizinha Goncalves and Walter Moreira Salles, a Brazilian banker and ambassador, and the brother of João Moreira Salles, also a... |
2.6 billion | 54 | Itaú Unibanco |
| 18 | Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello is a Brazilian businessman and the Chairman of Raízen and Cosan. He is also the director of UNICA.-Biography:Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello was born in Piracicaba, Brazil. He attended the University of São Paulo and interned with Unibanco. After college, he became a... |
2.5 billion | 61 | Cosan Cosan Cosan is a public company, a Brazilian conglomerate producer of bioethanol, sugar and energy.-Biography:Cosan began in 1936 in Piracicaba city in State of São Paulo, with the founding of its first factory for milling of sugar cane... |
| 19 | Moise Safra | 2.4 billion | 76 | Safra Group Safra Group The Safra Group is an international network of privately held companies controlled by the Safra family, comprising a banking and financial institutions conglomerate, industrial operations and telecommunications. It is present in the US, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean.The... |
| 20 | Elie Horn Elie Horn Elie Horn, born in 1944 in the city of Aleppo in Syria, is a Brazilian Jewish businessman and philanthropist operating in Brazil, president of Cyrela Brazil Realty. As of 2010 he is reported to have a net worth of $2.2 billion.-Biography:... |
2.1 billion | 65 | Cyrela Brazil Realty Cyrela Brazil Realty Cyrela Brazil Realty is the second largest homebuilder and real estate company in Brazil, after PDG Realty. Considered one of the most solid of the civil construction sector, currently operates in 17 states and 55 cities in Brazil and Argentina... , Cyrela Commercial Properties |
| 21 | Jayme Garfinkel & family | 2.0 billion | 64 | Porto Seguro S.A. Porto Seguro S.A. Porto Seguro is the second largest insurance company in Brazil, was funded in 1945 and has more than 10.000 employees. The company operates through its subsidiaries in Brazil and in Uruguay. Its headquartered in São Paulo.... |
| 22 | Maria de Lourdes Egydio Villela | 2.0 billion | N/A | Itaú Unibanco |
| 23 | Edson de Godoy Bueno | 2.0 billion | 67 | Amil Amil Participações Amil is the biggest Latin America healthcare company and the biggest medical private company of Brazil. The company is controlled by Brazilian billionaire Edson de Godoy Bueno.... , DASA DASA S.A. DASA is a major Brazil-based medical diagnosis company, being the biggest medical diagnosis company in Latin America and the fourth biggest in the world. In general medicine the company becomes the second largest in Latin America, just behind the Brazilian also Amil... |
| 24 | Dulce Pugliese de Godoy Bueno | 1.9 billion | 63 | Amil Amil Participações Amil is the biggest Latin America healthcare company and the biggest medical private company of Brazil. The company is controlled by Brazilian billionaire Edson de Godoy Bueno.... |
| 25 | Guilherme Peirão Leal | 1.7 billion | 60 | Natura Natura Natura is the Brazilian leading manufacturer and marketer of skin care, solar filters, cosmetics, perfume and hair care products.... |
| 26 | Rubens Menin | 1.6 billion | 55 | MRV Engenharia MRV Engenharia MRV is the biggest Brazilian construction and real estate company for middle class and lower middle segment and the only one offering houses and apartments in more than 85 Brazilian cities. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Belo Horizonte... |
| 27 | Silvio Santos Silvio Santos -External links:*... |
1.6 billion | 80 | Grupo Silvio Santos Grupo Silvio Santos Grupo Silvio Santos , is a Brazilian holding led by the Brazilian billionaire media-man Silvio Santos.The principal member of the holding is SBT, the third biggest network television in Brazil... |
| 28 | Liu Ming Chung | 1.6 billion | 48 | Nine Dragons Paper Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Limited Nine Dragons Paper Limited is a privately-owned paper manufacturing company in Mainland China, engaging in the manufacturing of containerboard products which include linerboard, duplex board as well as pulp. Its CEO and largest shareholder is Ms... |
| 29 | João Alves de Queiroz Filho | 1.4 billion | 58 | 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... |
| 30 | Lina Maria Aguiar | 1.4 billion | N/A | Bradesco |
| 31 | Julio Bozano Julio Bozano Júlio Rafael de Aragão Bozano is a Brazilian businessman who made his fortune in the finance and banking industries as the cofounder of Banco Bozano Simonsen. In 2000 he sold Banco Bozano Simonsen to Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano... |
1.3 billion | 75 | Embraer Embraer Embraer S.A. is a Brazilian aerospace conglomerate that produces commercial, military, and executive aircraft and provides aeronautical services.... , Grupo Bozano |
| 32 | Lily Safra Lily Safra Lily Safra is a Brazilian-Monegasque philanthropist and social figure who attained considerable wealth after four marriages. Her net worth is estimated at $1 billion, ranking her as the 701st richest person in the world according to Forbes in 2009... |
1.2 billion | 75 | Philantropist |
| 33 | Lia Maria Aguiar | 1.1 billion | N/A | Bradesco |