$9.6B
+$220M
(+2.4%)

BR
· Age 79
Source of wealth: Banking, minerals
Industry: diversified
Residence: Sao Paulo, BR
{
"bio": [
"Fernando Roberto Moreira Salles is a 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, one of Brazil's-largest commercial banks, creating Itau-Unibanco, the largest private sector 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."
],
"about": [
"He owns a stake in the company that controls Companhia das Letras, one of Brazil's largest book publishers."
]
}