Newton de Souza
{{Short description|Brazilian businessman}}
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| birth_name = Newton Sérgio de Souza
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| nationality = Brazilian
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| alma mater = Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
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| occupation = Businessman
| title = Former president and CEO of Odebrecht
| term = 2015-17
| predecessor = Marcelo Odebrecht
| successor = Luciano Guidolin
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Newton Sérgio de Souza is a Brazilian businessman, the former president and chief executive officer of Odebrecht, a diversified Brazilian conglomerate, which is Latin America's largest construction company, a post he held from 2015 to 2017.
Early life
Newton de Souza has a law degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, an MA from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and an LLM from the University of Pennsylvania.{{cite web|author=Newton Sérgio de Souza |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=3456863&privcapId=878237 |title=Newton Sérgio de Souza: Executive Profile & Biography |publisher=Bloomberg |date= |accessdate=2017-06-07}}
Career
In December 2015, de Souza was appointed the president and chief executive officer of Odebrecht, following Marcelo Odebrecht's imprisonment.{{cite web|date=2015-10-12 |url=http://www.odebrecht.com/en/communication/releases/marcelo-odebrecht-formally-resigns-odebrecht-sa |title=Marcelo Odebrecht formally resigns from Odebrecht S.A. |publisher=Odebrecht |accessdate=2017-06-07}}
He was previously Odebrecht's head of fiduciary affairs and governance, and had been interim chief executive officer since June 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/brazil-petrobras-scandal-idUSL1N0Z50JB20150619 |title=Update 7-Powerful Brazil CEO arrested in Petrobras graft probe |publisher=Reuters |date=2015-06-19 |accessdate=2017-06-07}}
In May 2017, he was replaced as chief executive officer by Luciano Guidolin, a "longtime executive".{{cite web|last1=Magalhaes|first1=Luciana|title=Odebrecht Names Longtime Executive as New CEO|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/odebrecht-names-longtime-executive-as-new-ceo-1494621828|website=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=8 June 2017|date=12 May 2017}}
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Category:Brazilian chief executives
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
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