REAL TIME NET WORTH — as of 5/9/17
$1.44 B
Joao Alves de Queiroz Filho wants his Hypermarcas to be the Brazilian Unilever. The company manufacturers the largest portfolio of branded consumer goods in Brazil, from personal beauty care products to generic drugs. He founded the business in 2000 and the company immediately became acquisitive, buying out Assolan, a small steel wool maker; in 2008 Hypermarcas went public. Alves de Queiroz Filhois is chairman of the board and owns about 15% of the company’s shares. In 2010 he teamed up with fellow Brazilian billionaires Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Sicupira and Marcel Telles to invest in Burger King.
Source:
1. forbes