Norberto Odebrecht
Norberto Odebrecht (born October 9, 1920 in Recife ; † July 19, 2014 in Salvador da Bahia ) was a Brazilian engineer , businessman and founder of the Odebrecht construction company . He studied at the Polytechnic School of Bahia and founded a construction company in 1944, from which the Odebrecht Group in Salvador da Bahia emerged. He was the son of the pioneer Emílio Odebrecht and a great-grandson of the German Emil Odebrecht, who emigrated to Brazil in 1856 .
Over time, the family business has grown into an international conglomerate , Grupo Odebrecht , which employs around 79,000 people in 24 countries (as of 2019).
Web links
Commons : Norberto Odebrecht - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Founder of Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht dies, paper says , Guillermo Parra-Bernal and Sophie Hares, Reuters , July 20, 2014 (English)
- ↑ Odebrecht informa: Norberto Odebrecht, the Founder ( Memento of the original dated August 24, 2011 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. accessed August 22, 2011
- ↑ "Odebrecht in figures" (December 2013, English)
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| SURNAME | Odebrecht, Norberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian engineer, entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Recife , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th July 2014 |
| Place of death | Salvador , Bahia |