Carlos alberto sucupira biography for kids

Carlos Alberto Sicupira, born in 1948, is a Brazilian billionaire businessman.

He holds a bachelor's degree in Management from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Sicupira started his first brokerage at the age of 17, selling it a year later.

In 1973, he met Jorge Paulo Lemann during underwater fishing, and Lemann invited him to join Garantia brokerage, where Marcel Herrmann Telles was already a partner.

The trio, consisting of Sicupira, Lemann, and Telles, has remained business partners to this day.

He resides in St.

Gallen, Switzerland, and is married with three children.

A significant portion of his wealth is derived from his approximately 3% stake in Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer.

Sicupira and his business partners, Lemann and Telles, have diverse investments, including major stakes in Burger King, H.J.

Heinz Company, and Lojas Americanas.

In 2013, their private equity firm 3G Capital, along with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hatha