Luciano Hang ComMA(born 11 October 1962) is a Brazilian billionaire businessman, the co-founder of the Havan department store chain, which he owns nearly all of. Bloomberg LP have called him "a free-market evangelist and arguably

Jair Bolsonaro Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He was elected in 2018 as a member of the Social Liberal Party, which he turn ...

's most passionate booster in the business community." As of June 2019, Havan had 126 stores in 17 of the country's 26 states, with plans to reach 145 by the end of the year. Hang also owns hydro-electric power plants, gas stations, a real estate company and an investment fund.

2022 Brazilian general election

On 23 August 2022, by order of the

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, the

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carried out

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warrants on the homes, offices and other properties of businessmen who allegedly supported a potential coup to support Jair Bolosnaro, including Hang, José Koury and José Isaac Peres, among others. The court also ordered a freeze in their bank and social media accounts, their testimonies, and access to their

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, with the businessmen stating that this order constituted political persecution and an attack on their freedom of speech.

Personal life

Hang is married to Andrea, they have three children, and live in Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

References

1962 births Living people Brazilian billionaires Brazilian company founders People from Brusque, Santa Catarina Brazilian anti-communists {{Brazil-business-bio-stub Brazilian people of German descent