Walter Faria
$3.36B
as of 03/30/23
About Walter Faria
Beer industry veteran Walter Faria bought Grupo Petropolis in 1998 and transformed it into one of Brazil's largest beer-and-beverage companies.
His Grupo Petropolis makes Itaipava beer, one of Brazil's most popular brews.
Founded in a mountainous region in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Grupo Petr?polis is the country's only large brewery that is 100% Brazilian owned.
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Citizenship
BrazilSource of wealth
BeerResidence
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilBirth date
04/01/55 (age 69)Number of children
1Self-made
self-madeWalter Faria’s fortune is worth
56K
troy ounces of gold
52K
median U.S. household
34K
median U.S. income
0.067%
U.S. credit card volume
0.013%
GDP of the United States
0.01%
United States debt
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Brazil is the world's third largest market for beer. Brazil's richest, Jorge Paulo Lemann, owns a minority stake in AB Inbev, the world's largest brewer.
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