Pery Igel (November 27, 1921 – September 24, 1998) was a Brazilian businessman. Igel was

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's second president, succeeding his father and company's founder,

Ernesto Igel Ernesto Igel (27 November 1893 – 24 January 1966) was an Austrian entrepreneur and founder of the company Empresa Brasileira de Gáz a Domilicio Ltda, the first Brazilian gas distribution network of fuel for cooking equipment (LPG). In 1938, th ...

Biography

Igel was the administrator and second president of Ultra. He took over the company created by his father,

, in 1959. After two years as president, Igel moved the headquarters from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo, Brazil. Under Pery's administration,

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and Ultracargo were founded, two of the five divisions of Ultra, along with

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(first division of Ultra), as well as Ipiranga and

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, which were incorporated to the group respectively in 2007 and 2014. Under his administration, the company created and also dissociated a number of other activities that have stopped being related to Ultra's long-term strategy, such as a domestic appliances retailer (Ultralar), an engineering company (Ultratec), a frozen food organization (Supergel,) and the fertilizer industry (Ultrafértil.) Igel stepped down as CEO in 1981 and appointed Vice President Paulo Cunha to the position. Igel became president of the Ultra's board of directors and remained its main

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. Before his death in September 1998, Igel transferred the controlling shares of Ultra to his family and to a small group of Ultra executives through the creation of a holding company.

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20th-century Brazilian businesspeople Brazilian people of Austrian descent 1921 births 1998 deaths Igel family {{Brazil-business-bio-stub