Eike Batista- Net Worth, Money and More
Net Worth : $30 billion
Eike Fuhrken Batista was born on 3 November 1956 and born in Governador Valadares, Minas gerais, Brazil. He is a Brazilian business magnate who made this very large fortune in mining and oil nad gas exploration. Currently, he is working as a chairman of Brazilian conglomerate EBX Group. This group is very vast and includes five companies under it which are OGX for oil and gas, MPX for energy, MMX for mining, LLX for logistics and OSX or offshore services and equipment and they all are trade on BOVESPA’s Novo Mercado which is a special segment of the Sao Paulo stock market where enterprises with the highest standards of corporate governance are listed down. He is the Brazil’s richest man and spent most of his childhood in Europe. His interests are basically mining from which he earned a hell of money and his entrepreneurial instinct and talent led him to implement the first mechanized alluvial gold mining plant in the Amazon. He is planning to transform Rio de Janeiro into one of the world’s most dynamic cities.
Life:
Eike is a son of Eliezer Batista da Silva and has 6 more siblings, his father was a minister of Mines and Energy in the Fernando Collor administrations and also the former president of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce for the period 1961-1964 and 1979-1986. Also, her mother was Jutta Fuhrken. In the year 1974, Eike started to study metallurgical engineering at University of Aachen in Germany. At the age of 29, he became the CEO of TVX Gold which was listed in the Canadian Stock Exchange. Talking about her personal life. He married Luna de Oliveira in the year 1991 and divorced in the year 2004. They together had two boys Olin and Thor. In the year 2011, Forbes ranked him as the eight richest man in the World and the richest one in South America.
Interests:
Eike is a super-rich person the planet. His net worth is $ 30 billion and owns a very large property including home, yacht, jet and many other collection which will be discussed below. Starting from his yacht, he owns two, Spirit of Brazil yacht which is manufactured by Italy’s Ferretti Spirit and it is said to be one of the most largest yacht in the Brazil with a engine of 5100 HP and the highest speed measured is 96.3 km/hr. next one in the list is Pink Fleet yacht which can accommodate 400 passengers. It has separate dining area, dance floor and many more.
Apart from the yacht he also owns three jets. He loves the jets and owns a luxurious one called Embrarer Legacy 600 which is an icon for ultimate convenience due to its exclusive interior geometry a also a private and peaceful environment.it can accommodate 19 passengers and comfortable reclinable seat, cockpit floodlight monitor, video player and stereo system. The aircraft is powered by Rolls Royce AE 3007 A1E engines. Not only is this, he also owns a Citation 7 jet which is the fastest, comfortable, versatile, reliable and most advance business jet in the World and attains a highest speed of 548 mph. moreover, he owns a Gulfstream G550 which is another amazing jet and can reach a highest range of 6750 nautical miles. Also, he loves speed boating very much and is a one time champion offshore powerboat racer.
The automobile section is not over yet. He also loves driving expensive and luxurious cars. He owns a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren which is worth $1.2 million. Tis shiny silver car has advanced features and its high performance car equipped with grand touring amenities, outrageous style. The entire body is made up of carbon fibre. Its weight is 1,750 kg. talking about his favorite gateways, he like to visit Marina da Gloria which is located in the Guanabara Bay.t is the main entrance of sea vessels arriving at Rio de Janeiro and said to be his favorite holiday destination.
Charity Work:
He loves donating in charity and so much involved in charity work. He has contributed $7 million in the year 2009 for a children charity when Madonna tell him that she needs fund for charity. Moreover, he seems to be active in Rio da Janeiro’s Olympic committee and provides finance of $12.8 million to this committee just to help the city to win a bid for 2016 Olympic games. He is heavily involved with Hotel Gloria where he donated $114 million to renovate it. Eike is not only Brazil’s richest man but also a very noble human being and associated with many charity causes to help the needy and downtrodden. He is very much famous for his generous donations and charity works. Apart from these, he is also pledged to donate $5 million toward nature conservation in three national parks which would be spread over a period of 10 years which is one of his major reasonable donations. Also, he seems to be donating in Police Pacification Unit Program whose main aim is to reclaim territories that are controlled by gangs of drug dealers or private militias. Eike loves to wear branded things and is freak about it. He own s rose gold Rolex watch which is massive in size and which is very elegant and upper-class.
