Walther Moreira Salles Junior
$4.8B
Born
Apr 12, 1956
Age
69
Source of Wealth
Banking, minerals
Residence
Rio de Janeiro,
Citizenship
Brazil
Marital Status
Married
Children
1
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Southern California
- Brazilian filmmaker Walther Moreira Salles Junior (also known as Walter Salles) is a member of one of Brazil's oldest banking families.
- His late father, Walther Moreira Salles, was the founder of Unibanco and a former ambassador to the United States.
- In 2008 Unibanco merged with Itau, then Brazil's second-largest commercial bank, creating Itau-Unibanco, the largest bank in Latin America.
- Moreira Salles and his three brothers, all billionaires, also own stakes in CBMM, the world's leading supplier of the mineral niobium.
- Moreira Salles directed more than 20 films, including 'The Motorcycle Diaries' and 1998 Academy Award nominee 'Central Station.'
- His screenplay adaptation of Jack Kerouac's book On the Road, with Francis Ford Coppola producing, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
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