Alexandre Behring da Costa (born 1967) is a Brazilian businessman. He is a co-founder and managing partner at

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, executive chairman of

Restaurant Brands International Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI) is a Canadian-based multinational fast food holding company. It was formed in 2014 by the $12.5 billion merger between American fast food restaurant chain Burger King and Canadian coffee shop and rest ...

, a director of

Anheuser-Busch InBev Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, commonly known as AB InBev, is an American-Belgian multinational drink and brewing company based in Leuven, Belgium. AB InBev has a global functional management office in New York City, and regional headquarters ...

, as well as chairman of

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Early life

Alex Behring was born in 1967. He has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro ( pt, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio) is a Jesuit, Catholic, pontifical university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the joint responsibility of the Catholic Ar ...

(PUC/RJ), and an MBA from

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in 1995, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Career

In 1989, Behring co-founded the technology company, Modus OSI Technologies, and remained a partner until 1993. The company has offices in Florida, US, and São Paulo, Brazil. Behring then became a partner in the largest private-equity firm in Latin America,

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, from 1994 to 2004. There he learned about investing and mergers and acquisitions from his mentor, the billionaire Brazilian financier and the principal of

Jorge Paulo Lemann Jorge Paulo Lemann (born August 26, 1939) is a Brazilian billionaire investment banker and businessman with dual Brazilian and Swiss citizenship. Early life In 1939, Lemann was born in Rio de Janeiro to Paul Lemann, a Swiss immigrant who founde ...

. From 1998 to 2004, he ran

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(ALL), a private sector railroad company with 13,000 miles of track in Argentina and Brazil. In 2004, Behring co-founded the global investment firm

and he remains the managing partner. The company has offices in New York City and Rio de Janeiro. Behring is chairman of

, the Canadian holding company for the American fast food restaurant chain

Burger King Burger King (BK) is an American-based multinational chain store, chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based res ...

and the Canadian coffee shop and restaurant chain

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. In December 2014, ''

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'' reported that by moving its HQ to Canada, Burger King could save up to US$1.2 billion in tax over the next three years. Behring was chairman of

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, and is the current chairman of the merged

. He is a director of

. The magazine ''

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'' calls Behring, "one of the most prominent representatives of a new generation of aggressive financial investors and managers of consumer-oriented services".

Personal life

Behring lives in

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, US. He is married to Danielle Behring, who was born in

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, Brazil.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Behring, Alex 1967 births Living people Brazilian businesspeople Place of birth missing (living people) Harvard Business School alumni Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro alumni Brazilian emigrants to the United States AB InBev people Kraft Heinz people Restaurant Brands International