Walther Moreira Salles Junior
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Walther Moreira Salles Junior

Brazil 70 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
Banking, minerals
Residence
Rio de Janeiro
Education
University of Southern California (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Married
Children
1

Assets

  • Itau Unibanco Holdings Common
    9,961,336 shares @ -
    -
    ITUB3-BR
  • XP, Inc
    9,906,000 shares @ -
    -
    XP-US

Biography

Walther Moreira Salles Junior (also known as Walter Salles) is a Brazilian filmmaker and member of one of Brazil's oldest banking families.

His late father, Walther Moreira Salles, was the founder of Unibanco and a former ambassador to the United States.

In 2008 Unibanco merged with Itau, then Brazil's second-largest commercial bank, creating Itau-Unibanco, the largest bank in Latin America.

Moreira Salles and his three brothers, all billionaires, also own stakes in CBMM, the world's leading supplier of the mineral niobium.

Moreira Salles directed more than 20 films, including 'The Motorcycle Diaries' and 1998 Academy Award nominee 'Central Station.'

About

His screenplay adaptation of Jack Kerouac's book On the Road, with Francis Ford Coppola producing, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.