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Rubens Menin Teixeira de Souza

Brazil 70 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
home building, banking
Industry
Diversified
Residence
Belo Horizonte
Education
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Married
Children
3

Assets

  • Inter & Co.
    117,037,000 shares @ -
    -
    INTR-US
  • LOG Commercial Properties
    36,753,000 shares @ -
    -
    LOGG3-BR
  • MRV Engenharia e Participacoes S/A
    181,900,000 shares @ -
    -
    MRVE3-BR

Biography

Rubens Menin founded MRV Engenharia in 1979, and turned it into Brazil's leading home builder; it trades on the Sao Paulo exchange.

The company started in his home state of Minas Gerais and eventually spread to Brazil's southern states.

He is also the founder of Banco Inter, a Brazilian bank that went public in 2018.

In January 2019, Menin announced the launch of CNN Brasil, a licensed brand, which began operations in late 2019.

A sports fan, Menin sponsors F1 racer Bruno Senna and years ago launched his own tennis tournament in Brazil.