Miguel Krigsner
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Cosmetics
- Industry
- Fashion & Retail
- Residence
- Sao Jose dos Pinhais
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
Biography
Bolivian-born Miguel Krigsner founded Grupo Boticario, Brazil's second-largest cosmetics company behind number one, Natura.
Grupo Boticario operates in more than 50 countries; Krigsner individually owns approximately 80% of the business.
His brother-in-law Artur Grynbaum joined as a financial assistant and worked his way up to president of the group by 2008. He owns about 20% of the group.
In 1990 Krigsner created the Boticario Group Foundation dedicated to environmental protection, which receives about 1% of Grupo Boticario's net income annually.
Today, Krigsner and Grynbaum serve as president and vice president, respectively, of the Grupo Boticario advisory board.
About
His parents fled Nazi Germany to settle in Bolivia in the 1940s. Krigsner was born in Bolivia and moved to Brazil in 1961.