Americo Amorim Net Worth

Americo Amorim was a Portuguese billionaire who was born in 1934 and died in 2017. He was the richest person in Portugal at the time of his death. He spent six decades in his family's cork business, Corticeira Amorim, and invested in stakes in an energy company and banks in several countries. His grandfather started the business in 1870 and Americo diversified it from port wine stoppers to products such as cork composite board and furniture, and extended its reach from Portugal to the rest of the world. In 2014 he sold his stake in Angola's Banco Internacional de Credito to Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo Santos. His biggest asset at the time of his death was an 18% stake in Portuguese oil and gas company Galp Energia, which he chaired until handing over the reins to eldest daughter Paula in 2016.
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