Rank #1277
Roberto Irineu Marinho
Net worth $3.4B
Media · Brazil
- Born
- Oct 13, 1947
- Age
- 78
- Source
- Media
- Residence
- Rio de Janeiro
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Roberto Irineu Marinho and his two billionaire brothers, Joao Roberto and Jose Roberto, inherited control of Globo, Brazil's largest media group.
- Grandfather Irineu Marinho started Globo in 1925 with a newspaper. He died 25 days after the first issue was published and his son Roberto took over.
- Globo Group includes Brazil's largest broadcaster, Rede Globo, Brazil's largest newspaper company and Globosat, Brazil's largest pay TV provider.
- In December 2017, Roberto Irineu quit as the executive president of the group. For the first time ever, a non-family member assumed that position.
- He remains vice-president of the board of directors, which is chaired by his brother Joao Roberto Marinho.
- The low profile media baron also owns Sertaozinho Farm, which produces Orfeu gourmet coffee.
- In the 1970s, he worked as an intern at U.S. TV network ABC.