Ermirio Pereira de Moraes & family

$3.96B
as of 02/22/23

About Ermirio Pereira de Moraes & family

Ermirio Pereira de Moraes' late father, Jose Ermirio de Moraes, founded family-owned Grupo Votorantim, one of Brazil's largest conglomerates.

Votorantim operates in more than 20 countries in the aluminum, pulp and paper, energy, agribusiness, and cement industries.

The group dates back to 1918, when Jose Ermirio de Moraes bought a textile factory in Sao Paulo.

The family still controls 100% of the business. Ermirio Pereira's sister, Maria Helena, is also a Votorantim shareholder and a billionaire.

Media-shy Ermirio Pereira earned his B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Brazil

Source of wealth

diversified

Residence

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Marital status

Married

Birth date

05/13/32 (age 92)

Number of children

7

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University of Tulsa

Self-made

inherited and growing

Ermirio Pereira de Moraes & family’s fortune is worth

66K

troy ounces of gold

61K

median U.S. household

40K

median U.S. income

0.079%

U.S. credit card volume

0.016%

GDP of the United States

0.012%

United States debt

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Did you know?

His brother, Antonio Ermirio de Moraes, unsuccessfully ran to become governor of Sao Paulo, Brazil's richest state. He died in 2014.

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