
About Aloysio de Andrade Faria
Aloysio de Andrade Faria invests in financial firms, palm oil production, hotels, bottled water and more.
Trained as a doctor, Faria practiced medicine for two years; then his father died and he took the helm of the family's Banco Real.
Under Faria, Banco Real became one of the largest banks in Brazil. In 1998 he sold the institution to Dutch bank ABN Amro for $2.1 billion.
He used that cash to fund a diverse empire, expanding into more than a dozen ventures in different industries.
Personal stats
Citizenship
BrazilSource of wealth
bankingBirth date
11/09/20Number of children
5Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Minas Gerais; Master of Science, Northwestern UniversitySelf-made
inherited and growingAloysio de Andrade Faria’s fortune is worth

27K
troy ounces of gold

25K
median U.S. household

16K
median U.S. income

0.033%
U.S. credit card volume

0.007%
GDP of the United States

0.005%
United States debt
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Did you know?
In 2016, one of his grandsons married the daughter of fellow billionaire Carlos Alberto Sicupira.
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Financial assets
SAO PAULO | RPAD3-BR
Alfa Holdings SASAO PAULO | BRIV3-BR
Banco Alfa de InvestimentoSAO PAULO | BRGE12-BR
Consorcio Alfa de Administracao S/ASAO PAULO | CRIV4-BR
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