Américo Ferreira Amorim (born Mozelos

Mozelos (Santa Maria da Feira)

Mozelos is a Portuguese town and a parish, located in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira. It has a population of 6,480 inhabitants and a total area of 5.04 km²...

, Santa Maria da Feira, 21 July 1934) is a Portuguese

Portuguese people

The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....

 entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

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, the third of four sons of Américo Alves Amorim.

He was ranked by Forbes

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 as the 212th richest person in the world in 2010.

He owns a 50% interest in Corticeira Amorim

Corticeira Amorim

Corticeira Amorim S.G.P.S., S.A., is a Portuguese subholding company belonging to the Amorim Group and claims to be the world leader in the cork industry for over 130 years, with operations in hundreds of countries all over the world. Corticeira Amorim S.G.P.S., S.A...

, the world's largest producer of cork

Cork (material)

Cork is an impermeable, buoyant material, a prime-subset of bark tissue that is harvested for commercial use primarily from Quercus suber , which is endemic to southwest Europe and northwest Africa...

, with $650 million in sales. He also has interests in finance

Finance

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 and energy

Energy

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He is married to Maria Fernanda de Oliveira Ramos, daughter of Medical Doctor Manuel Pinto Moreira Ramos and Maria José Nunes de Oliveira, and has three daughters.