Roger Agnelli
Roger Agnelli | |
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 Agnelli in 2007 | |
| Born | May 3, 1959 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Died | March 19, 2016 (aged 56) São Paulo, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Alma mater | Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado |
| Occupation | Investment banker |
| Spouse | Andréia |
| Children | 2 |
Roger Agnelli (May 3, 1959 – March 19, 2016) was a Brazilian
Early life, education and family
Agnelli was born May 3, 1959, in São Paulo, Brazil, hailing from a lower-middle-class family of Italian origin[2] (unrelated to the Agnellis who founded and ran Fiat) and in 1981 graduated with a degree in economics from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (commonly referred to as FAAP).
He was married to Andréia and they had two children, daughter Ana Carolina and son João.
Business career
From 1981–1997, Agnelli held various positions at Banco Bradesco and became its Executive Director in 1998, the position he held until his leaving the bank in 2000.[3]
From 2000–2001, Agnelli was the President and CEO of the Brazilian holding company Bradespar that was founded by Banco Bradesco in order to allow the bank to spin off some of its industrial investments.[3]
Also from 2000–2001, Agnelli was the Chairman of the Board of Directors
From 2012 to his 2016 death, Agnelli was the Founding Partner and CEO of the private Brazilian holding group AGN Holding.[3]
Ouster from Vale amid clashes with Brazilian government
In March 2011, while Agnelli was President and CEO of
Barely two weeks after this announcement, Agnelli was voted out of office at the request of Brazil’s government and replaced as CEO by long-time Vale SA executive Murilo Ferreira, who was more friendly to the ruling Workers Party and described as being an acquaintance of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.[5]
Agnelli had previously clashed with former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after his firing of 2,000 workers in the wake of the global financial crisis of 2008, and had, also, accused members of Lula’s Workers Party of trying to install loyalists at Vale SA and seek a bigger say in key decisions.[1]
Death
Agnelli, along with his wife and two children, were among seven killed when their plane crashed into two homes on March 19, 2016, minutes after taking off from Campo de Marte Airport in northern São Paulo while traveling to a wedding in Rio de Janeiro.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Roger Agnelli, banker who built Vale into mining giant, 'dies in Brazil plane crash'". The Guardian. March 20, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ^ Moss, Brian (March 14, 2008). "PROFILE-Vale's Agnelli, from prodigy banker to mining king". Reuters. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ^ ABB Group. Archived from the original(PDF) on April 1, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ Rapoza, Kenneth (March 25, 2011). "Brazilian Mining Company Vale's Avatar Moment". Forbes. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ^ Rapoza, Kenneth (April 4, 2011). "Agnelli Gone, Will Vale Join Amazon Dam Project?". Forbes. Retrieved March 20, 2016.