Jayme Garfinkel & family

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as of 04/02/25

About Jayme Garfinkel & family

Jayme Brasil Garfinkel is the largest individual shareholder of Brazilian insurance giant Porto Seguro.

He was 26 when his family bought the small business in 1972.

Garfinkel took a prominent position in the family business after his father passed away in 1978, six years after he had acquired Porto Seguro.

The company, one of the leading auto insurers in Brazil, went public in 2004. Garfinkel was CEO until 2012.

Garfinkel's son Bruno Campos Garfinkel is currently chairman of Porto Seguro's board of directors.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Brazil

Source of wealth

Insurance

Residence

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Marital status

Divorced

Birth date

11/30/45 (age 79)

Number of children

Education

Master of Business Administration, Fundacao Getulio Vargas; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Universidade de Sao Paulo

Self-made

inherited and growing