Votorantim Group

Type	Private
Founded	1918
Headquarters	São Paulo, Brazil
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, (CEO)
Industry	Conglomerate
Products	Energy, siderurgy, steel, finance, pulp and paper, cement, agribusiness
Revenue	R$ 35.1 billion (2008)
Employees	60.000 (2008)
Website	www.votorantim.com.br

Votorantim Group is one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Latin America, operating in various sectors such as finance, energy, siderurgy, steel, pulp and paper among others. The group is represented by different holdings administering the brands of each sector, they are:

Votorantim Group Headquarters, São Paulo.

• CBA Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio - Aluminium
• Fibria - Pulp and paper
• Nitro Química - Chemicals
• Votorantim Agroindustria - Agribusiness
• Votorantim Cimentos - Cement
• Votorantim Energia - Energy
• Votorantim Finanças - Finance
• Votorantim Metais - Metals
• Votorantim Siderurgia - Steel
• VNN - Votorantim Novos Negócios - Private Equity, Venture Capital

Votorantim is a family-controlled company. Its model of corporate governance assures the Ermírio Morais family strategic controlling positions in the Executive Board, the Brazilian billionaire Antônio Ermírio de Moraes is the representative of the family in company, and it has non-family professionals at the forefront of the Business Units. The company is proud to have been recognized by the IMD Business School and Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Bank as the world’s best family company in 2005.

The Votorantim Group is the only closed-capital Brazilian company rated by the three main rating agencies in the world: Standard & Poors, Fitch Ratings and Moody's.

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