Founder Profile
Jorge Paulo Lemann
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Jorge Paulo Lemann?
Jorge Paulo Lemann is a founder of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, which was founded in 2008 with Marcel Telles and Carlos Alberto Sicupira. Jorge Paulo Lemann is a founder of Restaurant Brands International Inc., which was founded in 2014 with Marcel Herrmann Telles and Carlos Alberto Sicupira.
- Companies founded
- Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV and Restaurant Brands International Inc.
- Founded
- 2008
- Co-founders
- Marcel Telles and Carlos Alberto Sicupira
Background
Brazilian financier, co-founder of the investment bank Banco Garantia and later of 3G Capital with Marcel Telles and Carlos Alberto Sicupira.
Founding Story
Lemann is not a founder of the AB InBev legal entity, which was formed in 2008 when InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch. He is listed because he, Marcel Telles and Carlos Alberto Sicupira bought control of Brazilian brewer Brahma in 1989. Brahma combined with Antarctica in 1999-2000 to form Ambev, Ambev combined with Belgium's Interbrew in 2004 to form InBev, and InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch in 2008, according to AB InBev's Form 20-F. Bloomberg describes Lemann as sharing control of AB InBev with Telles and Sicupira. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
This profile does not yet cite a source specific to Jorge Paulo Lemann. The sources below document the company companies rather than the person, so check them against the claims above.
- AB InBev Annual Report on Form 20-F for FY2025 (SEC) (Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV)
- AB InBev Reports Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2025 Results (Form 6-K Exhibit 99.1) (Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV)
- RBI Q4 and Full-Year 2025 Results (Restaurant Brands International Inc.)
- Restaurant Brands International 2025 Form 10-K (Restaurant Brands International Inc.)