Mário Wallace Simonsen
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Mário Wallace Simonsen was a Brazil
ian entrepreneur
and businessman. Owner of a business conglomerate of over 30 companies, including Panair do Brasil
, TV Excelsior
, and coffee export company Comal (at a time when coffee made up two thirds of the country's exports), Simonsen was one of the wealthiest and most influential men of Brazil. After the 1964 coup d'état, Simonsen was attacked by politicians and journalists in one of the largest defamation campaigns ever in Brazilian history. All of his companies were seized or closed by the military regime, under many different claims, due to his support of overthrown president João Goulart
. He died in exile at age 56 in Orgeval, a village near Paris
. His remains are buried at La Batignolle cemetery, in the French capital.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and businessman. Owner of a business conglomerate of over 30 companies, including Panair do Brasil
Panair do Brasil
Panair do Brasil is a defunct airline of Brazil. Between 1945 and 1965 it was considered to be the largest carrier not only in Brazil but in all of Latin America.-NYRBA do Brasil :...
, TV Excelsior
TV Excelsior
Rede Excelsior was a Brazilian television network founded by Mário Wallace Simonsen on July 9, 1960 in São Paulo, São Paulo. Its last broadcast happened on September 30, 1970, when the Brazilian military dictatorship put an abrupt end to it.-History:...
, and coffee export company Comal (at a time when coffee made up two thirds of the country's exports), Simonsen was one of the wealthiest and most influential men of Brazil. After the 1964 coup d'état, Simonsen was attacked by politicians and journalists in one of the largest defamation campaigns ever in Brazilian history. All of his companies were seized or closed by the military regime, under many different claims, due to his support of overthrown president João Goulart
João Goulart
João Belchior Marques Goulart was a Brazilian politician and the 24th President of Brazil until a military coup d'état deposed him on April 1, 1964. He is considered to have been the last left-wing President of the country until Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in 2003.-Name:João Goulart is...
. He died in exile at age 56 in Orgeval, a village near Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. His remains are buried at La Batignolle cemetery, in the French capital.