Jorge Paulo Lemann

Born in Rio de Janeiro to Swiss immigrants, Jorge Paulo Lemann graduated from Harvard University before embarking on a career in finance. He co-founded the Brazilian investment bank Banco Garantia in 1971, which became a powerhouse of aggressive financial strategy and meritocratic culture. His background in ruthless financial efficiency and private equity orchestration provided the exact skill set required to consolidate the global brewing industry.

Jorge Paulo Lemann is an absolutely legendary Brazilian-Swiss billionaire financier, fiercely ruthless private equity architect, and the profoundly influential founding patriarch of 3G Capital, the entity fundamentally responsible for creating Restaurant Brands International (RBI). Operating as an incredibly powerful investor who previously orchestrated the massive Anheuser-Busch InBev beer monopoly, Lemann aggressively recognized the massive financial inefficiencies within legacy American fast-food chains. In 2010, his firm relentlessly acquired Burger King. In 2014, he fiercely spearheaded the highly complex $11.4 billion acquisition of the Canadian coffee giant Tim Hortons. By relentlessly merging these incredibly iconic brands into the massive Restaurant Brands International holding company, and subsequently acquiring Popeyes and Firehouse Subs, his absolutely rigorous zero-based budgeting philosophy completely revolutionized global fast-food consolidation.