Eliezer Batista
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BornEliezer Batista da Silva
4 May 1924
4 May 1924
Nova Era, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died18 June 2018 (aged 94)
Hospital Samaritano, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse
Jutta Fuhrken
(m. 1954; div. 2009)Inguelore Scheunemann
(m. 2009)Children7, including Eike
Eliezer Batista | |
|---|---|
 Batista as Minister of Mines and Energy | |
| President of Vale S.A. | |
| In office 1961–1964 | |
| In office 1979–1986 | |
| Minister of Ministry of Mines and Energy | |
| In office 18 September 1962 – 20 October 1962 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eliezer Batista da Silva 4 May 1924 Nova Era, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Died | 18 June 2018 (aged 94) Hospital Samaritano, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Spouse | Jutta Fuhrken
(m. 1954; div. 2009)Inguelore Scheunemann
(m. 2009) |
| Children | 7, including Eike |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Parana |
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Eliezer Batista da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [eliˈɛzeɾ baˈtʃistɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; 4 May 1924 – 18 June 2018) was a Brazilian businessman, engineer and politician. In 1979, he was appointed president of Vale do Rio Doce, a multinational metals and mining corporation headquartered in Brazil, and within six years, increased the company's annual profits from $36 million to $920 million.[1] Today, Vale S.A. is the largest producer of iron ore and nickel worldwide.
He was the father of former billionaire Eike Batista, once the richest man in Brazil.[2][3] Batista served as Minister to the Ministry of Mines and Energy for one month in 1962.
