José Berardo

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José Manuel Rodrigues Berardo, GCIH, sometimes referred to as Joe Berardo, (born July 4, 1944, in Madeira, Portugal), is a Portuguese businessman and stock investor.

He went to Mozambique (a Portuguese colony at the time) at the age of 19. From there he emigrated to South Africa where he worked in horticulture and eventually set up commercial ventures, becoming at the end of the 20th century one of the most renowned and wealthiest Portuguese entrepreneurs. He has multiple businesses, including participation in many companies listed on the Euronext Lisbon, and touristic ventures around the globe. He has a special interest for modern art, being one of the most successful contemporary art collectors in Portugal. By agreement with the Portuguese Government a foundation - Fundação de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea - Colecção Berardo - was created to support the housing of his art collection at the Centro Cultural de Belém, in Lisbon.^[1]

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^ The foundation was created by Decree-Law 164/2006 of 9 August (from the Ministry of Culture) accessible from the search engine for the Diário da República, the Portuguese Government's official gazzete (in Portuguese). See at http://dre.pt/gratis/diplomas/diplomas1s.asp