Eike Batista | |
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![]() Eike Batista in 2011 | |
Born | Eike Fuhrken Batista da Silva 3 November 1956 Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Nationality | Brazilian, German |
Alma mater | RWTH Aachen University (dropped out) |
Occupation | former CEO of EBX Group |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Eliezer Batista da Silva (father) Jutta Fuhrken (mother) |
Eike Fuhrken Batista da Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈajk(i) ˈfuʁkẽj baˈtʃistɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 3 November 1956) is a Brazilian-German serial entrepreneur who made and lost a multi-billion dollar fortune in mining and oil and gas industries.[1][2] He engaged in a quest to promote Brazil's infrastructure with large-scale projects, such as the Porto do Açu.
He was chairman of Brazilian conglomerate EBX Group,[3] which was formerly the parent company of five companies traded on the BOVESPA's Novo Mercado, a special segment of the São Paulo stock market. These five companies were: OGX[4] (oil and gas), MPX[5] (energy), LLX[6] (logistics), MMX[7] (mining), and OSX[8] (offshore services and equipment). Nowadays, EBX advises new startup companies and tries to rebuild itself again.
In early 2012, Batista had a net worth of US$35 billion, ranking him the seventh wealthiest person in the world, and the richest in Brazil.[9][10] By July 2013, his wealth had plummeted to $200 million due to his debts and his company's falling stock prices.[11][12] Bloomberg reported in January 2014, that Batista "has a negative net worth."[13] Forbes and Folha de São Paulo quoted Batista in September 2014, stating that his net worth was –$1 billion.[14][15] Batista is currently under arrest and has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for bribing disgraced Rio de Janeiro governor Sérgio Cabral, in order to secure public contracts.[16]
Batista had already amassed at least $2 billion in personal liabilities, meaning the 56-year-old entrepreneur now has a net worth of about $200 million, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index
Batista was the world's eighth-richest person in March 2012, and now has a negative net worth, according to the Bloomberg ranking
Former billionaire Eike Batista, the flamboyant Brazilian entrepreneur whose wealth peaked at $30 billion in 2012, now says he has a negative net worth of $1 billion.
Seu patrimônio, estimado em US$ 30 bilhões, em 2012, foi reduzido, segundo suas contas, a US$ 1 bilhão negativo.