Aloysio de Andrade Faria
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Aloysio de Andrade Faria (born in Belo Horizonte, on 1921) is a Brazilian banker and billionaire. He is one of Forbes Magazine's "World's Richest People."
A physician by training, Faria entered early the financial business. In 1949 he succeeded his father, Clemente de Faria at the direction of the Banco da Lavoura, and transformed it into one of the most successful Brazilian banks, the Banco Real, which was later partly sold to the Netherlands-based ABN AMRO. It is now one of the five largest banks in Brazil. Faria remained in the area, by using the money to found still another bank, the Banco Alfa, already one of the ten largest and most successful banks in the country.
[edit] See also
- List of billionaires
- Latin America's most important businessmen
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