Itaúsa is a Brazilian multinational conglomerate

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headquartered 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 ...

, Brazil. It is one of the largest private conglomerates in Brazil, and one of the largest in the world. The company controls several companies active in areas such as the

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and

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sectors; industries including wood panels, pottery and metal;

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;

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s; and

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. The main companies that Itaúsa controls are

Itaú Unibanco Banco Itaú Unibanco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. Itaú Unibanco was formed through the merger of Banco Itaú and Unibanco in 2008. It is the largest banking institution in Brazil, as well a ...

Duratex Duratex, or Dexco, is a publicly listed private Brazilian company, with shares traded at the B3 since 1951. The company previously only called Duratex is the result of the merger Duratex with Satipel Industrial, a company founded in 1971. It is ...

and

Alpargatas S.A. Alpargatas S.A. is one of the largest Brazilian manufacturing company in the footwears and canvass business. Its main product is ''Havaianas'', one of the largest Brazilian brands of rubber flip-flops, since 1962. History It was founded in ...

The control of the company rests with the Setubal and Villela families along with the Camargo family as minority holder.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Itausa Companies listed on B3 (stock exchange) Companies based in São Paulo Conglomerate companies of Brazil Conglomerate companies established in 1966 Brazilian companies established in 1966