Jorge de Brito

{{short description|Portuguese businessman (1927–2006)}}

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{{Portuguese name|Rego|Brito}}

{{for|the Brazilian volleyball coach|Jorge Edson}}

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| post-nominals = ComIH ComM

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| birth_name = Jorge Artur Rego de Brito

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|11|7|df=yes}}{{cite web|url=https://geneall.net/en/name/53754/jorge-artur-rego-de-brito/|url-access=subscription|title=Jorge Artur Rego de Brito|website=Geneall|language=Portuguese|access-date=4 May 2018}}

| birth_place = Queluz, Portugal{{cite news|last=Ferreira|first=Cristina|date=3 August 2006|title=Jorge de Brito - O empresário que Marcelo apoiou|trans-title=Jorge de Brito - The businessman backed by Marcelo|url=https://www.publico.pt/2006/08/03/jornal/jorge-de-brito--o-empresario-que-marcelo-apoiou-91948|language=Portuguese|newspaper=Público|access-date=4 May 2018}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|8|2|1927|11|7|df=yes}}

| death_place = Lisbon, Portugal

| occupation = Bank clerk, banker, speculator, businessman, art collector, sports manager{{cite news|date=23 October 2011|title=Obras da Coleção Jorge de Brito vendidas em Paris por oito milhões de euros|trans-title=Works from Jorge de Brito Collection sold in Paris for eight million euros|url=https://noticias.sapo.pt/info/artigo/1195944|language=Portuguese|newspaper=SAPO Notícias|access-date=4 May 2018}}

| known_for = Foundation of Banco Intercontinental Português (BIP) and Brisa; presidency of S.L. Benfica

| nationality = Portuguese

| spouse = {{marriage|Ana Isabel Mafalda de Mendonça Gorjão Henriques|7 June 1959}}

| children = 5

| parents = Artur de Brito
Maria da Anunciação da Silva Rego

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Jorge Artur Rego de Brito ComIH ComM{{cite web|url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=153|title=Cidadãos nacionais agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas|website=Presidency of the Portuguese Republic|language=Portuguese|trans-title=National citizens decorated with Portuguese Orders|access-date=4 May 2018}} (7 November 1927 – 2 August 2006) was a Portuguese businessman, founder of Banco Intercontinental Português (BIP) and Brisa, who served as the 29th president of sports club S.L. Benfica, succeeding João Santos.

During Brito's term at Benfica, from 24 April 1992 to 7 January 1994, its football team won the Taça de Portugal in 1993. At the end of that year, during the following season, he resigned due to financial difficulties{{cite web|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/slb/historia/presidentes/|title=Presidentes: os nomes que marcam a história|date=15 March 2018|website=S.L. Benfica|language=Portuguese|trans-title=Presidents: the names that mark the history|access-date=4 May 2018}} dating back to "Verão Quente" (Hot Summer), when Benfica did not sign new players and lost two players to Lisbon rivals Sporting,{{cite news|date=3 August 2006|title=Benfica: plantel e muitas figuras do futebol no último adeus a Jorge de Brito|trans-title=Benfica: the team and many football figures in a last farewell to Jorge de Brito|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/benfica/iol/712937-1456.html|language=Portuguese|work=Maisfutebol|access-date=4 May 2018}} thus not completing his triennal term. He was succeeded by Manuel Damásio.

Associate number 88, Brito was awarded with the Águia de Ouro (Golden Eagle) by Benfica on 14 December 1973, during the presidency of Duarte Borges Coutinho. Brito died in Lisbon, aged 78, after a long illness, and was buried at Prazeres Cemetery.{{cite news|date=2 August 2006|title=Faleceu Jorge de Brito|trans-title=Jorge de Brito has died|url=http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/faleceu-jorge-de-brito.html|language=Portuguese|newspaper=Record|access-date=4 May 2018}}