Joao Roberto Marinho is a Brazilian businessman who has a net worth of $10.1 billion. Born João Roberto Marinho on September 16, 1953 in Rio de Janeiro, he is a Chairman of the Editorial Board and Vice President of the Globo Organizations. Actually, he shares control of the privately-held Rede Globo, Latin America’s largest media group, with his two billionaire brothers, Roberto Irineu Marinho and José Roberto Marinho.
Rede Globo, which nowadays holds about half of Brazil’s TV market, was founded by Marinho brothers’ father, Roberto Marinho, who left his business to his three sons upon his death in 2003. Naturally, Joao Roberto Marinho made his career beginnings in his father’s company as a journalist for the newspaper “O Globo”. Over the years, he also became Managing Director of the Roberto Marinho Foundation as well as Chairman of the Editorial Board who in practical terms determines the editorial line of the Globo Organizations. Joao Roberto Marinho is married to Gisela Marinho, with whom he has one son, Rodrigo Marinho, the vice president of the Globo Organizations today.
| Net Worth: | $10.1 Billion |
| Date of Birth: | Sep 16, 1953 (68 years old) |