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Jose Ermirio de Moraes Neto
Brazil 74 years old
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Diversified
- Industry
- Diversified
- Residence
- Sao Paulo
- Education
- Fundacao Getulio Vargas (Master of Business Administration)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 3
Biography
Jose Ermirio de Moraes Neto is an heir to Grupo Votorantim, a Brazilian family-owned industrial conglomerate.
His grandfather and namesake, Jose Ermirio de Moraes, founded Grupo Votorantim in 1918.
The company does business in more than 20 countries in the aluminum, pulp and paper, energy, banking and cement industries.
Jose Ermirio inherited an 8% stake in the company after his father, Jose Ermirio de Moraes Filho, died in 2001.
He previously appeared on Forbes' billionaires list in 2014; his siblings Jose Roberto Ermirio de Moraes and Neide Helena de Moraes also inherited stakes.