Mário Wallace Simonsen

Mário Wallace Simonsen (1909 – February 1965) was a Brazilian entrepreneur and businessman. Owner of a business conglomerate of over 30 companies, including Panair do Brasil, TV Excelsior, and coffee export company Comal (at a time when coffee made up two thirds of the country's exports), Simonsen was one of the wealthiest and most influential men of Brazil.^[1] After the 1964 coup d'état, Simonsen was attacked by politicians and journalists in one of the largest defamation campaigns ever in Brazilian history.^[1] All of his companies were seized or closed by the military regime, under many different claims, due to his support of overthrown president João Goulart.^[1] He died in exile at age 56 in Orgeval, a village near Paris. His remains are buried at La Batignolle cemetery, in the French capital.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} (Portuguese) MARTINS, Ivan. "Um Empresário que Ninguém quer Lembrar". Istoé Dinheiro. April 14, 2004.

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Name	Mario Wallace Simonsen
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Date of birth	1909
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Date of death	1965
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