Portrait of Miguel Krigsner

Rank #542

Miguel Krigsner

Net worth $7.2B

Cosmetics · Brazil

Born
Jan 09, 1950
Age
76
Source
Cosmetics
Residence
Sao Jose dos Pinhais
Citizenship
Brazil
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Bolivian-born Miguel Krigsner founded Grupo Boticario, Brazil's second-largest cosmetics company behind number one, Natura.
  • Grupo Boticario operates in more than 50 countries; Krigsner individually owns approximately 80% of the business.
  • His brother-in-law Artur Grynbaum joined as a financial assistant and worked his way up to president of the group by 2008. He owns about 20% of the group.
  • In 1990 Krigsner created the Boticario Group Foundation dedicated to environmental protection, which receives about 1% of Grupo Boticario's net income annually.
  • Today, Krigsner and Grynbaum serve as president and vice president, respectively, of the Grupo Boticario advisory board.
  • His parents fled Nazi Germany to settle in Bolivia in the 1940s. Krigsner was born in Bolivia and moved to Brazil in 1961.