Category: People

Phillippe Reichstul has taken over Globo, the Brazilian media group that has hit a rough patch. His stellar performance at Petrobras, the national oil company where he was CEO, made him a shoo-in for his new role.

Maurício Botelho has transformed Brazil’s regional aircraft maker from a money-losing dud into a profit-driven enterprise that has won the respect and support of the international markets. He is LatinFinance’s CEO of the Year.

Victor Menezes, CEO and chairman of Citibank, is overseeing the bank’s expansion in fast-growing regions. He began his Latin American career in the ’80s and knows the region’s perils well.

After launching a spectacular IPO in 1999, StarMedia founder and CEO Fernando Espuelas now has to prove that he can build a business and not just burn cash.

Philippe Reichstul has jettisoned old-fashioned management ways and begun building the Brazilian oil company into a modern corporation. His success makes him LatinFinance’s CEO of the year.

LatinFinance talks with Bruce Williamson, president and CEO of Duke Energy International, the US-based oil and gas company, about why it sunk $1.2 billion into Latin America in within a quick five months last year.