Roberto Irineu Marinho (born October 13, 1947) is a Brazilian

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businessman. He is the co-owner,

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and

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Grupo Globo Grupo Globo ( en, Globo Group), formerly known as Organizações Globo ( en, Globo Organization), is a Brazilian private mass media conglomerate based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1925 by Irineu Marinho, it is the largest media group ...

Early life

Roberto Irineu Marinho was born in

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, RJ, the eldest son of three of the late

Roberto Marinho Roberto Pisani Marinho (December 3, 1904 – August 6, 2003) was a Brazilian businessman who was the owner of media conglomerate Grupo Globo from 1925 to 2003, and during this period expanded the company from newspapers to radio and television. ...

Career

Following the death of Roberto Marinho in August 2003 aged 98, his three sons inherited the control of

, Latin America's largest media group. According to ''

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'', Marinho has an estimated net worth of $3.8 billion as of March 2017.

Personal life

Marinho is a

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, married with four children, and lives in Rio de Janeiro.

References

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