Ermirio Pereira de Moraes

Ermirio Pereira de Moraes is the son 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 through the aluminum, pulp and paper, energy, and cement industries. The group dates back to 1918, when Ermirio Pereira's father bought a textile factory in Sao Paulo. Today the family still controls 100% of the business. Ermirio Pereira's sister, Maria Helena, is also a billionaire. His brother, Antonio Ermirio, a former billionaire, died in 2014. Ermirio Pereira earned his B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, and is a member of the Advisory Council of AACD, a Brazilian NGO that treats disabled children.