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Stephen Charles Kanitz (born in
São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
) is a Brazilian business consultant, lecturer, professor and writer.


Academic life

He holds a D.Sc. in Accounting from
University of São Paulo The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the best ...
, Master's degree in
Business Administration Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...
from
Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...
and bachelor's degree in accounting from the
University of São Paulo The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the best ...
, where he holds a Professorship, as
Full Professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...
.


Personal life

Kanitz belongs to the Anglican Church of São Paulo.


Professional life

In 1974 he helped introduce credit scoring in Brasil, in a famous article ''Como Prever Falências'', helping higher risk and poorer people access to bank credit. In 1975 he created the annual award for the Best Run Company of Brazil, ''Melhores e Maiores'' for Revista Exame, initiating a movement that became known as ''benchmarking'', just as Tom Peters did with his American 1981 book 'In Search of Excellence'. In 1992 he was one of the leaders in Brazil for Social Responsibility, creating the first site for volunteer work, www.voluntarios.com.br. He also created one of the first sites in the world for internet charity donations, www.filantropia.org. In 1994 he created the Best Run Charity Award, the ''Prêmio Bem Eficiente'', that every year awards the best 50 best run charities of Brazil.


Books

He is the author of ''Brazil: The Emerging Economic Boom 1995-2005'' (), which won the Jabuti Prize of 1995 in non fiction, and periodically writes for ''
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'' magazine. Kanitz has already written 13 books. His most recent book ''Família acima de tudo'' was launched in Brazil in December 2009 () He is a coauthor of Contabilidade Introdutória, which has sold 5 million copies, and is the leading text book in Accounting. Other Books: Controladoria O Parecer do Auditor Os 50 Melhores Artigos Ponto de Vista, with Roberto Campos.


External links


blog



Filantropia.org


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