Stephen Charles Kanitz (born in
São Paulo) 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
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from
Harvard Business School
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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.
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 ''
Veja Veja may refer to :
Places
* Veja, a town in Lazio, central Italy; now Vejano comune
* Veja, a village in Stănița Commune, Neamț County, Romania
* Veja River, Romania
* Veja State, a former princely state in present Gujarat, western India
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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
blogFilantropia.org
Brazilian economists
Brazilian non-fiction writers
University of São Paulo faculty
Businesspeople from São Paulo
Harvard Business School alumni
University of São Paulo alumni
Living people
Brazilian people of German descent
Year of birth missing (living people)
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