Luis Frias

  • Luis Frias is chairman of PagSeguro Digital, a payments company that went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2018, raising over $2 billion.
  • Frias’ late father acquired one of Brazil’s most popular daily newspapers in the 1960s, today known as Folha de S. Paulo.
  • Group Folha became one of Brazil’s largest media conglomerates; Frias joined in 1981, was appointed CEO in 1989 and chairman in 1991.
  • In 1996, Frias founded UOL, a pioneering Brazilian Internet company, and one of the most visited websites in the country.
  • PagSeguro Digital is a subsidiary of UOL.