Marcos Prado Troyjo

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Marcos Prado Troyjo (born 1966) is a Brazilian businessman, writer and diplomat. He is currently the International President of Gazeta Mercantil, Brazil's leading economic newspaper, as well as of the Jornal do Brasil, one of the country's most influential general interest dailies. Troyjo holds a PhD in sociology of international relations from the University of São Paulo. He headed the Strategic Division of Brazil's foremost merchant bank, and served as a career diplomat and was Press Secretary at the Brazilian Mission to the United Nations in New York.

Troyjo is a lecturer in the MBA program of the University of Sao Paulo and in International Relations at the FAAP College. He joined the "Leadership for the 21st Century" Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Troyjo has been chosen one of "The Outstanding Young Persons of the World - TOYP" along with HM Queen Rania of Jordan and robotics scientist Takanori Shibata by the Junior Chamber International during its 2004 World Congress held in Fukuoka, Japan. Troyjo was the winner of the "Latin America Fellowship-2005" awarded by the Rt. Hon Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand. He will join the Visiting Scholars Program at Columbia University.

He is the author of such books as:Technology & Diplomacy, Brazil: Competitiveness in the Global Marketplace, Manifesto of Business Diplomacy, Trading Nation: Power & Prosperity in the 21st Century.