Paulo Guedes

Paulo Guedes
Personal details
Born Paulo Roberto Nunes Guedes
(1949-08-24) 24 August 1949
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Education Federal University of Minas Gerais
Getúlio Vargas Foundation
University of Chicago (M.S., Ph.D.)
Occupation Economist

Paulo Roberto Nunes Guedes is a Brazilian economist and co-founder of the investment bank BTG Pactual.[1]

Biography

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Guedes attended the Federal University of Minas Gerais as an undergraduate,[2] and later received a master's degree in economics from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation. In 1978 Guedes received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.[3]

In 1983 Guedes was one of the co-founders of Banco Pactual, now BTG Pactual, alongside André Jacurski and Luiz Cezar Fernandes. During the 1980s he was also a professor of graduate economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, the Getúlio Vargas Foundation and the National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics.[2][3] He is a co-founder of the liberal think-tank Millenium Institute.[4]

Currently, Guedes is a partner at Bozano Investimentos.[1]

Politics

Guedes has never been affiliated with a political party,[4] but in 1989 was responsible for the economic proposals of the campaign of liberal candidate Guilherme Afif Domingos for the presidency.[5]

In 2018 Guedes was named as the economic advisor for the campaign of Jair Bolsonaro in the 2018 presidential election.[4] Guedes is the candidate's likely pick for Minister of the Economy in a future cabinet.[2][6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 O que pensa Paulo Guedes, o cérebro econômico de Jair Bolsonaro, Exame, accessed 9 October 2018
  2. 1 2 3 Perfil de Paulo Guedes, UOL, accessed 9 October 2018
  3. 1 2 Bloomberg profile, accessed 9 October 2018
  4. 1 2 3 Paulo Guedes, o liberal do militar, Veja, accessed 9 October 2018
  5. ↑ Economista confirma aproximação com Bolsonaro, Estado de S. Paulo, accessed 9 October 2018
  6. ↑ Reuters, accessed 9 October 2018
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