Jose Roberto Marinho
$1.96B
as of 10/04/24
About Jose Roberto Marinho
Jose Roberto Marinho and his two billionaire brothers, Joao Roberto and Roberto Irineu, inherited control of Globo, Brazil's largest media group.
Their grandfather started Globo in 1925 by launching a newspaper. He died 25 days after the first issue was published so his oldest son took over.
Globo Group owns Brazil's largest TV broadcaster, Rede Globo; Brazil's largest newspaper company, and Globosat, Brazil's largest pay TV provider.
In 1991, Jose Roberto founded CBN, the first Brazilian radio to broadcast 24 hours of news.
Jose Roberto leads the family's philanthropy through Roberto Marinho Foundation, which created the world's first museum to dedicated to Portuguese.
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Citizenship
BrazilSource of wealth
MediaResidence
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilMarital status
MarriedBirth date
12/26/55 (age 68)Number of children
5Self-made
inherited and growingJose Roberto Marinho’s fortune is worth
33K
troy ounces of gold
30K
median U.S. household
20K
median U.S. income
0.039%
U.S. credit card volume
0.008%
GDP of the United States
0.006%
United States debt
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Did you know?
In 1992, he founded Acqua Institute, an entity that focuses on the preservation of water resources.
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