Eike Batista
Eike Batista in 2011
Born	(1956-11-03) November 3, 1956 (age 55) Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ethnicity	German Brazilian[1][2]
Alma mater	RWTH Aachen University (College dropout)
Occupation	CEO of EBX Group
Net worth	US$ 30 billion (2012)[3]
Children	Thor Batista (b. 1992) Olin Batista (b. 1996)

Eike Fuhrken Batista (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈajki ˈfuʁkẽj bɐˈtʃistɐ]) (born November 3, 1956) is a Brazilian business magnate who made a fortune in mining and oil and gas exploration.^[4][5] Presently, he is the chairman of Brazilian conglomerate EBX Group. The group includes five companies that trade on the BOVESPA´s Novo Mercado, a special segment of the São Paulo stock market where enterprises with the highest standards of corporate governance are listed. The EBX companies listed on the BOVESPA are: OGX^[6] (oil and gas), MPX^[7] (energy), LLX^[8] (logistics), MMX^[9] (mining) and OSX^[10] (offshore services and equipment).

Early life and career[link]

Eike Batista^[11] is one of seven children of businessman Eliezer Batista da Silva,^[12] who was Minister of Mines and Energy in the João Goulart and Fernando Collor administrations and a former president of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce,^[13] then wholly a state enterprise, between 1961–1964 and 1979-1986. His mother, Jutta Fuhrken, was born in Germany and, from her, Batista says he learned self-esteem and discipline, attributes he considers crucial to his formation as an entrepreneur.^[14] After spending his childhood in Brazil, Batista and his family moved to Europe when he was a teenager, due to his father’s occupation. They lived in Geneva, Düsseldorf, and Brussels. In 1974, he began to study metallurgical engineering at the University of Aachen in Germany. When he was 18 years old, his parents returned to Brazil, yet Batista remained abroad and began selling insurance policies door-to-door to make his living. In interviews, he often mentions that the "stress" and the lessons learned from this experience were essential for his education.

Eike Batista returned to Brazil in the early 1980s and focused his attention on the gold^[15] and diamond trades. He established himself as a salesman, contacting producers in the Amazon area and buyers in large metropolitan centers in Brazil and Europe. When he was 23 years old, he started a gold trading firm, called Autram Aurem, using the Inca Sun as the company trademark and symbol. A year and a half later, the company had earned US$ 6 million.

His entrepreneurial instinct and talent led him to implement the first mechanized alluvial gold mining plant in the Amazon, marking the beginning of the EBX Group. At age 29, he became CEO of TVX Gold, a company listed on the Canadian Stock Exchange, thus initiating his relationship with global capital markets. From 1980 to 2000, he created US$ 20 billion in value with the operation of eight gold mines in Brazil and Canada and a silver mine in Chile.^[16] Between 1991 and 1996, the value of his company more than tripled.

Batista married the model Luma de Oliveira in 1991, and divorced her in 2004. They had two boys, Olin and Thor. Batista enjoys running, swimming and practices marine sports. In the 90s, he was the Brazilian, U.S. and World Champion^[17] in the Super Offshore Powerboat class. In 2006, he covered the 220 nautical miles between Santos and Rio de Janeiro in 3h01m47s and beat the record for the course in his boat, the Spirit of Brazil. Eike Batista^[18] maintains an active digital life, with a personal site with articles, videos and news about his companies. The digital channel that Batista has chosen as his primary means of personal communication is Twitter.^[19] His profile on Twitter, @eikebatista, has over 550,000 followers, who respond to his messages and interact with him. . In 2011, Batista released the book “The Heart of the Matter” (O X da Questão) which recounts his trajectory in the business world and offers tips on entrepreneurialism. Batista is fluent in five languages – Portuguese, German, English, French and Spanish^{[citation needed]}.

On March 17, 2012, the billionaire's older son, Thor Batista, then 20-year old, got involved in a car accident that killed a cyclist and was charged with manslaughter.^[20][21] According to Forbes.com columnist, Clare O'Connor, in the days afterwards, both Mr. Eike Batista and his son Thor have taken to Twitter to procclaim Thor's innocence, claiming that he “was at the speed limit, did a breathalyzer test and signed a statement describing the accident”.^[22]

National and international rankings[link]

In 2011, Batista was listed by Forbes magazine as the 8th richest person in the world^[23] and the richest in South America. His wealth is estimated at US$ 30 billion.^[24] Eike Batista was also featured in Bloomberg Markets magazine as the only Brazilian on the list of the 50 most influential people in global finance, published for the first time in September 2011.^[25] The magazine focused on people “whose comments move markets; whose deals set the value of companies or securities; whose ideas and policies shape corporations, governments and economies”.

At the end of 2010, the magazine ranked Batista as the 58th most powerful person in the world,^[3] placing him as Brazil's most powerful person after the current president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff.^[26] The newspaper Folha de S. Paulo describes Batista as an example of a "self-made man",^[27] an entrepreneur with a fortune acquired through his own efforts (and not through inheritance).

The top-ranked Brazilian in March 2008, on the Forbes magazine list, was Antonio Ermírio de Moraes, in 77th place with a family estate of US$ 10 billion. Another 17 Brazilians were on the list, including Batista (who in 2008 said his goal was to become the richest man in the world in five years). In 2008 Batista’s fortune was estimated at US$ 6.6 billion and he was ranked at the 142nd place on the list of the richest men in the world. In 2009, he moved up to the 61st position and was considered the richest^[28] man in Brazil.

According to the Brazilian weekly magazine Época, Batista is one of the 100 most influential men in Brazil of 2010. IstoÉ magazine has also listed Batista as one of the 100 most influential people in 2010. In 2011, Batista was included in the 1,000 CEOs ranking by Dinheiro magazine.

Batista has benefited from three decades of experience in international business and has an ability to "generate wealth from scratch".^[29] Since the 1980s, Batista created and put into operation eight gold mines in Brazil and Canada (Amapari, Casa Berardi, Crixás, Musselwhite, New Britania, Novo Astro, Novo Planeta and Paracatu), a silver mine in Chile (La Coipa), and three iron ore mines in Brazil (Mina 63, Tico-Tico and Ipé).

From 2004 to 2010 Eike Batista^[30] created and put into operation five companies: MMX (mining), MPX (energy), OGX (petroleum), LLX (logistics) and OSX (offshore industry).

Project Investments[link]

EBX[link]

The EBX Group produces iron ore in Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso do Sul and has put into operation the first commercial-scale solar power plant^[31] in Brazil. The Group is making investments of an estimated US$ 15.5 billion between 2011 and 2012 in Brazil and is responsible for projects of significant scale in the country, such as the LLX Açu Superport^[32] in São João da Barra (RJ), the MMX Sudeste Superport^[33] in Itaguaí (RJ), and the MPX thermal power plants in Itaqui (MA) and Pecém (CE). These important energy and infrastructure projects are being executed in parallel to OGX´s exploratory campaigns^[34] in Campos (RJ), Santos (SP) and Parnaíba (MA) basins, which have resulted in oil and gas discoveries. There are currently 20,000 people working in the construction and operation of the Group’s projects.^[35]

The EBX Group is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and also operates in nine Brazilian states. It has offices in New York (USA), Colombia and Chile.

In addition to the infrastructure and natural resources sectors, Eike Batista’s EBX Group also invests other areas, including real estate (REX),^[36] entertainment (IMX)^[37] technology (SIX) and catering (NRX). In Rio, EBX is developing sports, hospitality, gastronomy, health and beauty initiatives.

Since the early 2000s, Batista focused his efforts primarily in the areas of natural resources, energy and infrastructure.

MMX[link]

MMX^[38] is the mining company of the EBX Group, with integrated logistics and low production costs. The company has projects in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso do Sul, as well as in the country of Chile.

MPX[link]

MPX operates in the energy industry in Brazil, Chile and Colombia. The company has complementary businesses in power generation, coal mining^[39] and exploration and production of natural gas. MPX is responsible for the first commercial solar power plant in Brazil in the city of Tauá^[40](CE).

OGX[link]

OGX is the EBX Group company which carries out activities in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. The company is responsible for the largest private sector exploratory campaign under way in Brazil, with a success rate in exploratory wells of more than 90%.

LLX[link]

LLX is the logistics company of the EBX Group, responsible for building the Açu Superport,^[41] in the state of Rio de Janeiro, projected to be the largest port-industrial complex in Latin America.

OSX[link]

OSX operates in the offshore shipbuilding industry and is constructing the largest shipyard in the Americas, the "Embraer of the Sea," at the Açu Superport^[42](an LLX project) industrial complex. The company also provides services to the offshore oil and natural gas industry in three different segments: shipbuilding, in the charter of Exploration and Production (E&P) equipment and Operation and Maintenance (O&M).

Enterprises[link]

Major companies founded by Eike Batista: EBX, OGX, MPX, MMX, LLX, OSX, REX, AUX, IMX, Gloria Palace, Marina da Glória, MDX, BEAUX, MR.LAM, PINK FLEET, and RJX.

See also[link]

• List of Brazilians by net worth
• German Brazilian

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Eike Batista

• Personal Website
• Personal Twitter
• EBX Group's Website
• EBX Group's Brand Channel on YouTube
• FPSO OSX-1 Hotsite

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Name	Batista, Eike Fuhrken
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Short description	Brazilian businessman
Date of birth	November 3, 1956
Place of birth	Governador Valadares, MG,  Brazil
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Jô Soares
Jô Soares in 2006
Birth name	José Eugênio Soares
Born	(1938-01-16) January 16, 1938 (age 74) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Medium	Talk show host, stand-up, television, author, actor, musician, comedian
Nationality	Brazilian
Years active	Since 1954
Genres	Observational comedy, surreal humor, deadpan
Subject(s)	Self-deprecation, everyday life
Spouse	Teresa Austregésilo (1959–1979), Sílvia Bandeira (1980-1983), Flávia Junqueira (1987-1998)
Notable works and roles	Host of Programa do Jô (2000-Present), Jô Soares Onze e Meia (1988-1999), Viva o Gordo (1981-1987), Satiricom (1972-1975), Faça Humor, Não Faça Guerra (1970-1972)
Website	[1]

José Eugênio Soares, best known as Jô Soares (born January 16, 1938 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author, theatrical producer, director, actor, painter and musician. Soares was born in Rio de Janeiro. After being educated in Switzerland and the United States, Soares returned to Rio and worked at TV Rio in 1958, writing and performing in comedy shows for the station. He acted as an American in Carlos Manga's O homem do Sputnik. In 1970, Soares started working at Rede Globo.

In 1988, Soares moved to SBT, where he hosted a talk-show, Jô Soares Onze e Meia ("Jô Soares Eleven Thirty"), until 1999. In 2000, Soares took his show's format (very similar to David Letterman's) back to Rede Globo, where it was then called Programa do Jô, and presents the program until the present day.

He is known for his knowledge of culture and literature, and for speaking English, Spanish, Italian and French besides his native Portuguese.

His first novel O Xangô de Baker Street was written in 1995 and has already been published in several other countries; it was made into a film in 2000. He has put out various jazz CDs. He has also produced many plays including a recent version of Richard III.

Jô was married three times and has a son called Rafael, who has autism.

Books[link]

• O Xangô de Baker Street (A Samba for Sherlock) (1995)
• O Homem Que Matou Getúlio Vargas (Twelve Fingers) (1998)
• Assassinatos na Academia Brasileira de Letras (2005)
• As Esganadas (2011)

External links[link]

• Jô Soares at IMDB

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Diogo Briso Mainardi (Portuguese pronunciation: [dʒiˈoɡu majˈnaɾdʒi]; born September 22, 1962) is a Brazilian writer, journalist and TV commentator, mainly known for his articles in Brazil's largest weekly magazine, Veja.

He was born in São Paulo, where he finished high school. He went to London to study economics at the London School of Economics. Not managing to maintain a passing average, he quit in his freshman year, and never graduated. During that period, he met Ivan Lessa, whom he regards as one of his greatest influences.

Mainardi previously lived in Venice, where he met Gore Vidal who heaped praise on him during a mid-1980s conference tour in Brazil. He has published five books: Malthus (1989), Arquipélago (1992), Polígono das Secas (1995), Contra o Brasil (1998), and A Tapas e Pontapés (2004). None of the first four - all novels - were successes, but his latest book, featuring excerpts of his political articles in Veja, has been proven a commercial success, though showing no improvement in his writing skills. He has also written two screenplays: 16060 (1995) and Mater Dei (2001). Both films were major box-office flops, something Mainardi regularly makes fun of in a self-deprecating manner.

Mainardi has been subject of controversy due to his elitist and far-right political positions. He often criticized Brazil's president, Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (2006–2010), and his party. Particularly, he liked to insist in Lula's supposed lack of intelligence and finesse. In 2007 Mainardi wrote a book by the name Lula é Minha Anta (Lula is my tapir).^[1] (in Brazilian Portuguese slang, "anta" is an insult. When the tapir panics, it is said to run through the forest, trampling whatever is in its way. So to call someone an "anta" is to say that such person is like a stupid animal, who does violent irrational things and cannot be stopped by persuasion [1]. Or, as Mainardi himself says in the book's earmark, "Lula is mine. Only I can call him ignorant and authoritarian"). Due to his abusive journalistic style and vitriolic comments against Lula - as well as towards those he sees as Lula's supporters - Mainardi has been sued for libel by various politicians and fellow journalists. Journalist Franklin Martins won a 30,000 reais (about 18,000 dollars) cause against him, this decision was subsequently thrown out on an appeal; journalist Mino Carta won a 35,000 reais (about 20,000 dollars) cause.

He is currently a member of a Sunday night cable TV panel show called Manhattan Connection, broadcast by the "Globo News" channel, a part of Globosat.

Mainardi maintains a podcast available on the Veja website. He is married and has two sons. The older one, Tito, suffers from cerebral palsy.

He regularly cites noted Brazilian intellectuals Paulo Francis and Ivan Lessa as his mentors.

Quotes[link]

"There is only one kind [of people] worse than leftists with no principles - the leftists with principles." ^[2]

References[link]

1. ^ MAINARDI, Diogo. Lula É Minha Anta. São Paulo: Editora Record, 1ª edição 2007, ISBN 978-85-01-08070-7
2. ^ Mainardi, Diogo. Padre Julio Lancellotti, Frei Betto e os bandidos. Revista Veja. October 23, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2008.

External links[link]

• Official Veja Website
• Official Manhattan Connection Website
• Podcast Diogo Mainardi