Júlio Bozano

Júlio Rafael de Aragão Bozano (born November 8, 1936 in Rio Grande do Sul ) is a Brazilian entrepreneur, originally in the banking sector . He is one of the richest people in Brazil. The Forbes magazine in 2009 estimated his fortune at 1.1 billion US dollars.

Bozano earned his fortune with the bank Banco Bozano, Simonsen , which he founded and managed together with Mário Henrique Simonsen (1935–1999). The bank was sold to the Banco Santander Central Hispano group in 2000 for 1.6 billion reals (then around 0.9 billion euros) .

Bozanos Holding Cía. Bozano owns shares in the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer .

The divorce from his wife Iza after 30 years of marriage in 1996 is considered in Brazil to be the divorce in which the divorced wife received the greatest fortune from the marriage: 175 million reals (the real at that time was almost 1: 1 to the US Dollar coupled). Júlio Bozano now lives withdrawn from the public in Greenwich (Connecticut) . He is a fan of horse racing and owns a large stud in the state of Rio Grande do Sul .