Arminio Fraga
Brazilian economist
Armínio Fraga Neto (born 20 July 1957, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian economist who was president of the Central Bank of Brazil from 1999 to 2003. From 1993 until his appointment to the Central Bank, he was Managing Director of Soros Fund Management in New York.2
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Born Jul 20, 1957.1
About
Since 2001, he has been a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.
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Companies
- Gávea InvestimentosFounder11
Early life and education
- 1985Princeton University Doctor of Philosophy; economics3 4
- Date not recordedSt. Ignatius College3
- Date not recordedPontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro3
Fraga received his PhD in economics from Princeton University in 1985.
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Career
Occupation: professor, economist, banker.7
- 1999 to 2003President of the Central Bank of Brazil6
- Date not recordedFounded Gávea Investimentos5
In 2003, he founded the Rio de Janeiro based investment company, Gávea Investimentos.
Fraga has been called the Alan Greenspan of Latin America for his skillful handling of Brazilian monetary policy during his tenure as CBB president.
Fraga worked for both Fernando Henrique Cardoso governments.
In 2009, Fraga served on the High Level Commission on the Modernization of World Bank Group Governance, which – under the leadership of Ernesto Zedillo – conducted an external review of the World Bank Group's governance.
In October 2010, Gávea Investimentos was acquired by Highbridge Capital Management, a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
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Corporate boards
China Investment Corporation, member of the international advisory council (since 2009)
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Personal life
Awards
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- 1WikidataArminio Fraga on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaArminio Fraga on Wikipedia
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- 11WikidataGávea Investimentos, Founder
- 12Wikimedia CommonsArminio Fraga photo by World Economic Forum on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0