Jorge Paulo Lemann
Jorge Paulo Lemann is a Swiss Brazilian businessman. As of October 2019, Lemann was ranked as the 37th richest person in the world by Forbes, with an estimated net worth of US$24.6 billion.
- Jorge Paulo Lemann started in investment banking and later became a controlling shareholder of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer.
- His fellow controlling shareholders at AB Inbev include Brazilian business partners Carlos Sicupira and Marcel Herrmann Telles, both billionaires.
- In 2016 AB InBev completed its nearly $100 billion acquisition of SABMiller, acquiring brands including Pilsner Urquell and Foster’s Lager.
- Lemann and his partners also own stakes in Restaurant Brands International, parent of Burger King and Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons.
- In 2013 Lemann’s private equity firm 3G Capital and Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway bought H.J. Heinz & Company. Then Heinz merged with Kraft.
