Ernesto Igel
Austrian entrepreneur (1893–1966)
Ernesto Igel (27 November 1893 – 24 January 1966) was an Austrian entrepreneur and founder of the company Empresa Brasileira de Gáz a Domilicio Ltda, the first Brazilian gas distribution network of fuel for cooking equipment (LPG).2
From Wikipedia’s article on Ernesto Igel (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Nov 27, 1893, died Jan 24, 1966.1
About
In 1938, the company changed its name to Ultragaz S.A.
Through Ultragaz's growth and the creation of new companies, Ernesto Igel founded Ultra, also known as Ultrapar.
From Wikipedia’s article on Ernesto Igel, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
Early life and education
Born to a family of merchants in Vienna, Austria, Igel was the eldest of five children. At 15, he got his first job at an import-export company. At 21, he was drafted to the Austrian army to fight in World War I. He was sent to Romania, where he served as a management assistant.
From Wikipedia’s article on Ernesto Igel (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Career
Occupation: businessperson.5
After the war, Igel moved to Brazil in 1920, when he was 26 years old. He then established the company Ernesto Igel & Cia., an importer of tableware, sanitary metals, stoves and heaters for use with pipeline gas. During his trips to Europe, Igel got to work with the then-new gas bottling technology for domestic use.
On 30 August 1937, Igel founded Empresa Brasileira de Gás a Domicílio Ltda. The following year, in September 1938, the company's IPO set the start of Ultragaz S.A. After that, the company extended its operations and began to conduct business throughout Brazil.
From Wikipedia’s article on Ernesto Igel (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Personal life
Igel married Margaret Hartman, also Austrian, with whom he had two children, Pery and Daisy Igel. The businessman headed the administration of their companies until 1959, when he named his son Pery as the new head of Ultragaz.
From Wikipedia’s article on Ernesto Igel (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Links
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataErnesto Igel on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaErnesto Igel on Wikipedia
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8WikidataUltrapar, Founder
- 9WikidataUltragaz, Founder
- 10WikidataUltralar, Founder
- 11Wikimedia CommonsErnesto Igel photo by ImagensUltra, CC BY-SA 4.0