Antônio Ermírio de Moraes
Antônio Ermírio de Moraes (born June 4, 1928 in São Paulo ; † August 25, 2014 there ) was a Brazilian entrepreneur and industrialist . The Brazilian racing driver Mario Moraes is his grandson.
Life
De Moraes studied metallurgy at the Colorado School of Mines in the United States, where he received his engineering degree in 1949.
He was president and member of the board of directors of Grupo Votorantim , which was founded by his grandfather, the Portuguese immigrant Antônio Pereira Inácio, and continued and expanded by his father, José Ermírio de Morais (1900–1973). Grupo Votorantim includes companies that produce cement , cellulose , paper , aluminum , zinc , nickel , steel beams , polypropylene films , specialty chemicals and orange juice . Part of the conglomerate is also a bank, about which de Moraes joked that it was founded solely to "not have to pay the interest that the financial market demands and the central bank determines". The Banco Votorantim (BV) and its subsidiary BV Financeira currently occupy third place in the ranking finance and operate in a market with banking and financial institutions, which were founded by foreign investors or for some time in the market. BV recently received the Revista Exame award as the best finance company in the country three times in a row .
According to Forbes (2014), his net worth was $ 12.7 billion.
De Moraes had multinationalized his group of companies. Among other things, it acquired an aluminum plant in Canada under his leadership. The associated Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) was the main field of business activity of Ermírios, who personally managed the business here.
The youngest branch of the group of companies is Votorantim Ventures, founded in the late 2000s , a $ 300 million investment fund that pursues a strategy of broad investments in future technologies and potential growth industries such as biotechnology , bioinformatics , data and call centers , e-commerce and Biodiversity pursued.
In addition to his business activities, Ermírio was active in various non-governmental organizations , including the Sociedade Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, which runs a hospital in São Paulo, the Associação Cruz Verde de São Paulo ("Green Cross", for help with infantile cerebral palsy ) and the Fundação Antônio Prudents . He supported democratization campaigns and initiatives for the improvement of the Brazilian health system. In 1986 he was a candidate for governor of the state of São Paulo , but was not elected.
He regularly published articles in Brazilian newspapers and magazines and was a member of the Academia Paulista de Letras . He has published four books, mostly on economic and social topics. Antônio Ermírio de Moraes died of heart failure on August 25, 2014 in his native São Paulo at the age of 86 .
Web links
- Personal homepage (Portuguese)
- Organizational chart of Grupo Votorantim (and legend )
Individual evidence
- ↑ GÊNESE HISTÓRICA DA VOTORANTIM NO "PERÍODO HERÓICO" DA INDUSTRIALIZAÇÃO PAULISTA ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Multi- billionaire and entrepreneur Antônio Ermírio de Moraes has died. Report on latina-press.com from August 25, 2014 (accessed on August 26, 2014).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moraes, Antônio Ermírio de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | São Paulo , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 2014 |
| Place of death | São Paulo |