Marcel Herrmann Telles (born 23 February 1950) is a Brazilian investor and businessman. Telles is a board member of

AB 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 ...

Career

Telles shares control 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 ...

, the world's largest beer company, with his longtime billionaire partners

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 ...

and

Carlos Alberto Sicupira Carlos Alberto Sicupira (born 1948) is a Brazilian billionaire businessman, a partner in 3G Capital, which owns or has major stakes in Burger King, H.J. Heinz Company, Anheuser-Busch InBev and Lojas Americanas. He lives in Switzerland. Early ...

. Their investment firm

3G Capital 3G Capital is a Brazilian-American multibillion-dollar investment firm, founded in 2004 by Alex Behring, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Carlos Alberto Sicupira, Marcel Herrmann Telles and Roberto Thompson Motta. The firm is best known for implementing zero ...

bought Hamburger chain

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in 2010. The trio also controls Brazilian retailer

Lojas Americanas Lojas Americanas is a Brazilian retail chain founded in 1929 in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, by the Austrian-Brazilian Max Landesmann and Americans John Lee, Glen Matson, James Marshall and Batson Borger. Currently, the company has 1,945 ...

. He is co-founder and board member of 3G Capital since late 2004, controlling shareholder, former Chairman and CEO of AmBev and Board Member of Anheuser-Busch InBev. Telles was hired by

Banco Garantia Banco Garantia was a bank founded in Rio de Janeiro by businessman Adolfo Campelo Gentil and Jorge Paulo Lemann in 1971. For years it was considered one of the most prestigious and innovative investment banks in Brazil, even being called by Forbes ...

in 1972. He was partner of Garantia Merchant Bank from 1974 until it was sold to

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in July 1998. Telles was Head Trader from 1974 to 1989, Board Member of Burger King, Board Member of

, Partner of

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(Brazilian private equity firm) until 2004. He has a BA from

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, and completed the OPM program at

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. He served as CEO of

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from 1989 to 1999.

Personal life

Telles is married and has two children.

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1950 births Living people Businesspeople from São Paulo Brazilian billionaires Brazilian chief executives Brazilian expatriates in Monaco {{Brazil-business-bio-stub

Career

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