Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter (born December 8, 1936) is a Brazilian businessman of

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, great-grandson of Johann Heinrich Kaspar Gerdau, Gerdau Group's founder. He held various positions within the Gerdau Group, and was its

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from 1983 to 2006. He was chairman until 2015. Since 2011, he has been president of the Chamber of Management Policies, Performance and Competitiveness (CGDC), an organization linked to the Presidency of Brazil. As a member of the

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government, he has advocated the reduction in the number of

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, which he considered to be excessive.

Sports

Jorge Gerdau was a

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until 2009, being the owner of the ''Haras Joter'', which in 1996 placed three animals of his creation in the

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. His son André Bier Gerdau Johannpeter (current CEO of Gerdau Group) won a

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in the competition of

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(team). Gerdau is also an aficionado of

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, a sport he practiced in

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from the early 1960s.

Awards

* Great Cross (

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), 2002 * Juran Medal (

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), 2010 * Gold Medal (

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), 2012

Controversies

In October 2002 it was announced that the ''Haras Joter Ltda.'' (controlled by Jorge Gerdau) had been benefited from a loan of R$ 45.3 million (about

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15.1 million) granted by the Gerdau Group. The move caused controversy in the financial market, because it would not have been previously approved by the shareholders. In its defense, the Group reported that the loan was granted at market rates and repaid in full in August of the same year.

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at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Johannpeter, Jorge Gerdau 1936 births Brazilian people of German descent Living people People from Rio de Janeiro (city) Recipients of the Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil) Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul alumni Gerdau family

Sports

Awards

Controversies

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