Portrait of Jose Joao Abdalla Filho

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Jose Joao Abdalla Filho

Net worth $4.3B

Investments · Brazil

Born
May 30, 1945
Age
80
Source
Investments
Residence
Rio de Janeiro
Citizenship
Brazil
Marital status
Children
0
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Jose Joao Abdalla Filho is the son of J. J. Abdalla, a Brazilian entrepreneur and politician who built a real estate and textile company.
  • In the 1950s, the group his father led became one the largest manufacturers of cement in the country, employing over 40,000 people.
  • Abdalla Filho used the money he inherited to open Banco Classico, which owns stakes in a number of Brazilian companies.
  • His Banco Classico owns 5% of Eletrobras, Brazil's largest electric utility, and almost 7% of Cemig, an energy giant that owns over 200 companies.
  • His late father J.J. Abdalla was a doctor, businessman, and politician. He became mayor of Birigui, a small town in the state of Sao Paulo, and a congressman.
  • A vast amount of land owned by the Abdallas in a central neighborhood in S?o Paulo was expropriated by the government in 1988.

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