Paulo Machado de Carvalho Filho (April 25, 1924, São Paulo – September 14, 2010) was a Brazilian businessman and impresario who founded Jovem Pan Radio, which is based in Sao Paulo.[1] He was also known as Paulinho Machado de Carvalho.[1] He served as the first president of the Associação Brasileira das Emissoras de Rádio e Televisão (ABERT).[1] Terra Networks has called him one of the most important people in the history of Brazilian media.[1]
Filho was the son of Paulo Machado de Carvalho (1901–1992), who founded Rádio Record in 1932. Filho worked at for several years, until the company was sold to Edir Macedo.[1] He began worki in Brazilian television, which was at its infancy in the country at the time.[1] Filho was credited with creating several important Brazilian television series, including Família Trapo.[1]
Filho also worked as a concert promoter and impresario, recruiting such international artists as Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole to perform in Brazil.[1] He served as the head of Rádio Records during the 1960s and promoted several impoartant music festivals during that era.[1] He founded Rádio Panamericana, which is now known as Jovem Pan.[1]
Paulo Machado de Carvalho Filho died of prostate cancer on September 14, 2010, at the hospital Sírio-Libanês in Sao Paulo at the age of 86.[1] He was buried at the Cemitério do Morumbi in Sao Paulo.[1]