José Hawilla

{{Short description|Brazilian businessman}}

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| birth_place = São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

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José Hawilla (11 July 1943 – 25 May 2018) was a Brazilian businessman, the owner and founder of Traffic Group, a multinational sports marketing conglomerate.

Hawilla was born in São José do Rio Preto to parents of Lebanese origin, in the state of São Paulo, and began his career as a sports journalist.{{cite news|last1=Rohter|first1=Larry|title=Huge Soccer Scandal Taints National Obsession of Brazil|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/24/world/huge-soccer-scandal-taints-national-obsession-of-brazil.html|accessdate=27 May 2015|work=NY Times|date=14 March 2001}} In 1980, Hawilla founded the Traffic Group, Brazil’s largest sports marketing company.{{cite web|title=The Rights Explosion|url=http://isport-emag.com/archive/sportel-rio-issue/sportel-rio-cover/rights-explosions/|accessdate=27 May 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234216/http://isport-emag.com/archive/sportel-rio-issue/sportel-rio-cover/rights-explosions/|archivedate=3 March 2016}} He died in a São Paulo hospital on 25 May 2018 at the age of 74 of respiratory failure.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-fifa-hawilla/jose-hawilla-key-witness-in-fifa-trial-dies-aged-74-idUSKCN1IQ2A3|title=Jose Hawilla, key witness in FIFA trial, dies aged 74|first=Reuters|last=Editorial|website=Reuters |publisher=|accessdate=27 May 2018}} He had been ill with pulmonary hypertension, fibrosis, emphysema and throat cancer.{{cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/esportes/j-hawilla-principal-delator-do-caso-fifa-morre-em-sao-paulo-22715235|title=J. Hawilla, principal delator do Caso Fifa, morre em São Paulo|trans-title=J. Hawilla, chief informant of the Fifa Case, dies in São Paulo|first1=Carol|last1=Knoploch|newspaper=O Globo|language=pt|date=25 May 2018|accessdate=25 May 2018}}