Octávio Frias
Brazilian businessman (1912–2007)
Octavio Frias de Oliveira (5 August 1912 in Rio de Janeiro – 29 April 2007 in São Paulo) was a Brazilian businessman who gained recognition for turning newspaper Folha de S. Paulo – acquired by himself and partner Carlos Caldeira in August 1962 – into one of the most influential Brazilian media organizations. The newspaper became the cornerstone for a conglomerate called Grupo Folha.2
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Born Aug 5, 1912, died Apr 29, 2007.1
Companies
- Grupo FolhaFounder9
Career
Occupation: journalist, businessperson, architect.4
- Date not recordedFounded Grupo Folha3
Frias joined the rebel army as a volunteer during the 1932 Constitutional Revolution. He was stationed for two months in the Cunha region, upstate in the Paraíba River valley, and spent his twentieth birthday in the trenches; Frias took part in firefights and saw the death of some of his comrades in arms.
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Personal life
Awards
- 1998Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)8
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataOctávio Frias on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaOctávio Frias on Wikipedia
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- 9WikidataGrupo Folha, Founder
- 10Wikimedia CommonsOctávio Frias photo by Ricardo Stuckert/PR, CC BY 3.0 br