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Norberto Odebrecht
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Norberto Odebrecht

Brazilian engineer, businessman and philanthropist (1920-2014)

Norberto Odebrecht (Brazilian Portuguese: [noʁˈbɛʁ.tu odɛˈbɾɛ(t)ʃ]; October 9, 1920 – July 19, 2014) was a Brazilian engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of Odebrecht.2

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Born Oct 9, 1920, died Jul 19, 2014.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedPolytechnic School of the Federal University of Bahia3

Odebrecht was born on October 9, 1920, in Recife, Brazil. He was the son of the pioneer Emílio Odebrecht, Sr. and a grandson of Emil Odebrecht, a German geodetical engineer and cartographer, who emigrated to Brazil in 1856. He studied at the Polytechnic School of Bahia.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson, engineer, entrepreneur.6

Odebrecht founded a construction company from which the Odebrecht Group in Salvador da Bahia was created in 1944. Today, the company has become an international conglomerate and employs more than 167,500 people in over 60 countries.

In 1991, he passed the presidency of Odebrecht to his son Emílio Odebrecht, and remained as chairman.

Norberto Odebrecht's "thoughts" have been compiled in three volumes distributed to all employees of the group.

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Personal life

  • BornOct 9, 1920, Recife7
  • DiedJul 19, 2014, Salvador8
  • CitizenshipBrazil9

Philanthropy

Odebrecht was the founder of the Brazilian Odebrecht Foundation (Portuguese: Fundação Odebrecht).

From Wikipedia’s article on Norberto Odebrecht (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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