Portrait of Jayme Garfinkel & family

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Jayme Garfinkel & family

Net worth $2.6B

Insurance · Brazil

Born
Nov 30, 1945
Age
80
Source
Insurance
Residence
Sao Paulo
Citizenship
Brazil
Marital status
Divorced
Children
2
Education
Master of Business Administration, Fundacao Getulio Vargas; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Universidade de Sao Paulo

Net worth over time

Biography

  • 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.
  • His nephew Marcelo Blay founded Minuto Seguros, a tech startup that sells insurance online to thousands and is backed by Silicon Valley fund Redpoint Eventures.

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