Carlos Wizard Martins (born 1956) is a Brazilian entrepreneur and founder of Grupo Multi, a company that offers franchises for English courses. Grupo Multi was bought out by

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in 2013.

Biography

He was born in

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, Paraná,

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. When he was thirteen he and his parents joined

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. It was through interactions with missionaries of the church that he learned English. At age 18 Martins went to the

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where he worked in

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