#710
Ermirio Pereira de Moraes & family
Brazil 94 years old
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- diversified
- Industry
- Diversified
- Residence
- Sao Paulo
- Education
- University of Tulsa (Bachelor of Science in Engineering)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 7
Biography
Ermirio Pereira de Moraes' late father, Jose Ermirio de Moraes, founded family-owned Grupo Votorantim, one of Brazil's largest conglomerates.
Votorantim operates in more than 20 countries in the aluminum, pulp and paper, energy, agribusiness, and cement industries.
The group dates back to 1918, when Jose Ermirio de Moraes bought a textile factory in Sao Paulo.
The family still controls 100% of the business. Ermirio Pereira's sister, Maria Helena, is also a Votorantim shareholder and a billionaire.
Media-shy Ermirio Pereira earned his B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma.
About
His brother, Antonio Ermirio de Moraes, unsuccessfully ran to become governor of Sao Paulo, Brazil's richest state. He died in 2014.