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Eike Batista

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Eike Fuhrken Batista da Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈajk(i) ˈfuʁkẽj baˈtʃistɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 3 November 1956) is a Brazilian businessman who made and lost a multi-billion dollar fortune in mining and oil and gas industries. He engaged in a quest to promote Brazil's infrastructure with large-scale projects, such as the Porto do Açu. He was chairman of Brazilian conglomerate EBX Group, which was formerly the parent company of five companies traded on the BOVESPA's Novo Mercado, a special segment of the São Paulo stock market. These five companies were: OGX (oil and gas), MPX (energy), LLX (logistics), MMX (mining), and OSX (offshore services and equipment). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Eike Batista is the 543rd most popular businessperson (down from 481st in 2024), the 612th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 506th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Brazilian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Eike Batista ranks 543 out of 847. Before him are Gautam Adani, Jean-Paul Agon, Walter Wild, Jim Marshall, Mo Ibrahim, and Anders Hejlsberg. After him are Richard Hilton, Hermann Josef Abs, Arianna Huffington, Claire Williams, Andrew Planche, and Gardiner Greene Hubbard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Eike Batista ranks 346. Before him are Peter Hook, Peter Farrelly, Amitav Ghosh, Cris Morena, Robert H. McNaught, and Yurik Vardanyan. After him are Howard Davis Jr., Sunny Deol, Tony Gilroy, Arthur Golden, Meena Keshwar Kamal, and Hussein Ahmed Salah.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Eike Batista ranks 612 out of 2,236. Before him are Levir Culpi (1953), Jô Soares (1938), Nélson Luís Kerchner (1962), Juninho Paulista (1973), Jô (1987), and João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920). After him are Sylvio Hoffmann (1908), João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941), Cecília Meireles (1901), Tinoco (1904), Noel Rosa (1910), and Cláudio Santoro (1919).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Brazil

Among businesspeople born in Brazil, Eike Batista ranks 6. Before him are João Havelange (1916), Carlos Ghosn (1954), Jorge Paulo Lemann (1939), Silvio Santos (1930), and Eduardo Saverin (1982). After him are Mike Krieger (1986), and Ivan Monteiro (null).

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