Portrait of Lia Maria Aguiar

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Lia Maria Aguiar

Net worth $1.2B

banking · Brazil

Born
Jan 01, 1938
Age
88
Source
banking
Residence
Campos do Jordão
Citizenship
Brazil
Marital status
Divorced
Children
0
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Lia Maria Aguiar inherited a banking fortune from her late father, Amador Aguiar, the founder of Bradesco, one of Brazil's largest banks.
  • Lia Aguiar and her twin sister Lina were adopted by Bradesco founder Amador Aguiar after being abandoned in front of a Bradesco branch in Sao Paulo.
  • Aguiar fought a long court battle over her father's will with his second wife, whom he married less than five months before his death.
  • Aguiar also owns shares of Bradespar, the bank's non-financial arm, which is publicly traded and specializes in industrial investments.
  • In 2008, Aguiar started her own foundation, Lia Maria Aguiar Foundation, to support the city of Campos do Jordao, where she has been living since the early 1990s.

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