Eike Batista

Infobox Celebrity
name = Eike Batista


caption =
birth_date = birth date and age|1957|11|3
birth_place = Governador Valadares, Brazil
occupation = Entrepreneur
networth = $6.6 billion (2008) citeweb |work=Forbes| title=#142 Eike Batista| url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Eike-Batista_R3VO.html| accessdate=2008-06-16]
alma_mater = University of Aachen
spouse = Luma de Oliveira (1991-2004)
children = Thor Batista (b.1992)
Olin Batista (b.1996)

Eike Fuhrken Batista (Governador Valadares, November 3, 1957) is a Brazilian entrepreneur. He has founded several different companies, with a concentration in the mining field. Eike Batista is considered to be a wild business man, sometimes classified as "adventurous". He became a celebrity after accumulating the country's largest fortune, an estimated US$6.6 bn. [ [http://www.moneyweek.com/file/49485/eike-batista-the-class-a-brazilian-eccentric.html Eike Batista: the Class A Brazilian eccentric - Money Week ] ]

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