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Carlos Eduardo M. Scripilliti

Brazil

Overview

Source of Wealth
Diversified
Industry
Diversified
Residence
Sao Paulo

Biography

Carlos Eduardo M. Scripilliti is an heir to the Votorantim empire, one of Brazil's largest and oldest conglomerates with interests in aluminum, pulp and paper, energy, agriculture and cement.

He is the third generation member of the family business which was started by his grandfather, Jose Ermirio de Moraes, in 1918.

Today, the group, which traces its roots to a textile factory in Sao Paulo, operates in 20 countries.

Scripilliti's siblings, Clóvis Ermírio de Moraes and Regina Helena S. Velloso, are also billionaires; the trio inherited their fortune from their mother Maria Helena Moraes Scripilliti.

About

Scripilliti's uncle, Antonio Ermirio ran to become governor of Sao Paulo, Brazil's richest state. He did not win. He died in 2014.