Brazillionaires: The godfathers of modern Brazil

Author(s): Alex Cuadros

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Wealth and power on the trail of the super-rich In 2012, Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista was the eighth richest man in the world, his $30bn fortune built on Brazil's incredible natural resources. By the middle of 2013 he had lost it all, engulfed in scandal. Brazillionaires is a fast-paced account of Batista's rise and fall: a story of helicopter flights, beach-front penthouses and high-speed car crashes. Along the way, it tells the parallel story of Brazil itself, a country caught in the cycle of boom and bust, renewed hope and dashed promise; a country where the hyper-rich are at the heart of the economy - and where their wealth can buy immense political power. Stefan Zweig said in 1941 that Brazil was the country of the future; Brazilians joke that it always will be. Today, rampant corruption and endemic inequality threaten to derail the new Brazilian Dream. The brazillionaires are the key to understanding that dream; through them Brazillionaires tells the story of their country's past, present and future.

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An investigative journalist uncovers the murky, scandalous world of Brazil's billionaires

Alex Cuadros is a freelance journalist and writer based in Sao Paulo. He has written for Slate, the Nation and for Bloomberg, where he was a dedicated 'billionaires reporter'.

General Fields

  • : 9781781253878
  • : Profile Books
  • : Profile Books
  • : 0.445
  • : April 2016
  • : 216mm X 135mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : June 2016
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Alex Cuadros
  • : Paperback
  • : Main
  • : en
  • : 305.52340981
  • : very good
  • : 320