Maria Helena Moraes Scripilliti

Maria Helena Moraes Scripilliti is the daughter of Jose Ermirio de Moraes, who founded family-owned Grupo Votorantim, one of Latin America's largest diversified industrial conglomerates. Votorantim is present in more than 20 countries in the aluminium, pulp and paper, energy, and cement industries. The group dates back to 1918, when Maria Helena's father bought a textile factory in Sao Paulo. Today the family still controls 100% of the business. Maria Helena's brother, Ermirio Pereira, is also a billionaire. Her other brother, Antonio Ermirio, died in 2014. Maria Helena's late husband, Clovis Scripilliti, helped expand Votorantim throughout northeast Brazil during the 1960s and 1970s. Their son Clovis Ermírio de Moraes Scripilliti serves as vice chairman of the board.