Antônio Ermírio de Moraes (June 4, 1928 – August 24, 2014) was a Brazilian billionaire businessman and the chairman of the Votorantim Group, one of the country's largest companies, focused on metals, paper, cement and frozen orange juice.[1][2] He was the grandfather of IndyCar Series driver Mario Moraes.
Moraes was also the president of the Beneficência Portuguesa Hospital – located in São Paulo – which provides 60% of its services to citizens below the poverty line. His grandson Artur Freitas was recently[when?] announced as his successor in the presidency. As of 2014, Moraes was ranked 520th on the Forbes list of billionaires, with an estimated fortune of $3.1 billion.[3] During the course of his career, Moraes has had direct political involvement with campaigns to promote democracy, the improvement of the national health system and the generation of job opportunities[citation needed]. He ran for governor of São Paulo State in 1986, but lost the elections. He frequently published articles in newspapers and magazines of national circulation and is a member of the Academia Paulista de Letras.
antônio, ermírio, moraes, june, 1928, august, 2014, brazilian, billionaire, businessman, chairman, votorantim, group, country, largest, companies, focused, metals, paper, cement, frozen, orange, juice, grandfather, indycar, series, driver, mario, moraes, born,. Antonio Ermirio de Moraes June 4 1928 August 24 2014 was a Brazilian billionaire businessman and the chairman of the Votorantim Group one of the country s largest companies focused on metals paper cement and frozen orange juice 1 2 He was the grandfather of IndyCar Series driver Mario Moraes Antonio Ermirio de MoraesBorn 1928 06 04 June 4 1928Sao Paulo BrazilDiedAugust 24 2014 2014 08 24 aged 86 Sao Paulo BrazilAlma materColorado School of MinesOccupationBusinessmanTitleChairman and CEO Votorantim GroupChildren9RelativesMaria Helena de Moraes sister Ermirio Pereira de Moraes brother Mario Moraes grandson Moraes was also the president of the Beneficencia Portuguesa Hospital located in Sao Paulo which provides 60 of its services to citizens below the poverty line His grandson Artur Freitas was recently when announced as his successor in the presidency As of 2014 Moraes was ranked 520th on the Forbes list of billionaires with an estimated fortune of 3 1 billion 3 During the course of his career Moraes has had direct political involvement with campaigns to promote democracy the improvement of the national health system and the generation of job opportunities citation needed He ran for governor of Sao Paulo State in 1986 but lost the elections He frequently published articles in newspapers and magazines of national circulation and is a member of the Academia Paulista de Letras On his death in 2014 ownership of Votorantim Group passed jointly to his two children Maria Helena de Moraes and Ermirio Pereira de Moraes 4 References edit Ermirio de Moraes head of Brazil s Votorantim for decades dies Reuters August 25 2014 Retrieved May 24 2015 Antonio Ermirio de Moraes Brazilian Billionaire Dies at 86 Bloomberg August 25 2014 Retrieved May 24 2015 Antonio Ermirio de Moraes Forbes Morre aos 86 anos o empresario Antonio Ermirio de Moraes Agencia Brasil in Brazilian Portuguese 2014 08 25 Retrieved 2023 03 28 External links editBio details University of Sao Paulo in Portuguese nbsp nbsp This Brazilian business related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antonio Ermirio de Moraes amp oldid 1197753084, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
