Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello
$1.4B
Born
Jan 01, 1950
Age
75
Source of Wealth
Sugar, ethanol
Residence
Sao Paulo,
Citizenship
Brazil
Marital Status
Married
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo
- Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello became the world's first ethanol billionaire in 2007. Cosan, his sugar giant, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- The company's origins date to 1936, when Ometto's grandparents established a sugarcane mill in Sao Paulo.
- After several takeovers, Cosan became one of the world's largest growers and processors of sugarcane and one of the largest producers of ethanol.
- Besides his Cosan shares, Ometto also holds a portfolio of real estate investments.
- His combativeness earned him the moniker "the tractor," in part because of the long legal fights in order to gain control of Cosan.
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