Joao Alves de Queiroz Filho
$999.37M
as of 08/29/24
About Joao Alves de Queiroz Filho
Consumer goods tycoon Joao Alvez de Queiroz Filho, known as Junior, cofounded Arisco, a cleaning products business, with his father in 1969.
In 2000, he founded Hypermarcas, a Brazilian version of Unilever selling food, drugs, cleaning supplies, and beauty and personal hygiene products.
Hypermarcas SA went public in 2008. It grew through acquisitions, new product launches and publicity with celebrities.
Coty, founded in Paris in 1904, purchased the personal care and consumer goods units of Hypermarcas for a reported $1 billion in 2016.
In December 2017, the company changed its legal name to Hypera Pharma; it makes prescription as well as non-prescription drugs.
Personal stats
Citizenship
BrazilSource of wealth
PharmaceuticalsResidence
São Paulo, BrazilMarital status
DivorcedBirth date
01/01/53 (age 71)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Faculdade Dom Pedro IISelf-made
self-madeJoao Alves de Queiroz Filho’s fortune is worth
17K
troy ounces of gold
15K
median U.S. household
10K
median U.S. income
0.02%
U.S. credit card volume
0.004%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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SAO PAULO | HYPE3-BR
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