Norberto Odebrecht
{{Short description|Brazilian engineer, businessman and philanthropist (1920-2014)}}
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| birth_date = October 9, 1920
| birth_place = Recife, Brazil
| death_date = July 19, 2014 (aged 93)
| death_place = Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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| alma mater = Polytechnic School of Bahia
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| children = Emílio Odebrecht
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Norberto Odebrecht ({{IPA|pt-BR|odɛˈbɾɛ(t)ʃ|lang}}) (October 9, 1920 – July 19, 2014) was a Brazilian engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of Odebrecht.
Early life
Odebrecht was born on October 9, 1920, in Recife, Brazil. He was the son of the pioneer {{Interlanguage link multi|Emílio Odebrecht, Sr.|de|3=Emílio Odebrecht}} and a grandson of {{Interlanguage link multi|Emil Odebrecht|de}}, a German geodetical engineer and cartographer, who emigrated to Brazil in 1856. He studied at the Polytechnic School of Bahia.
Career
Odebrecht founded a construction company from which the Odebrecht Group in Salvador da Bahia was created in 1944. Today, the company has become an international conglomerate and employs more than 167,500 people in over 60 countries.
In 1991, he passed the presidency of Odebrecht to his son Emílio Odebrecht, and remained as chairman.{{cite web|url=http://odebrecht.com/en/odebrecht-group/history|title=History|work=Odebrecht}}
Norberto Odebrecht's "thoughts" have been compiled in three volumes distributed to all employees of the group.{{Cite web|url=https://mondediplo.com/2017/10/08brazil|title=Brazil's Odebrecht scandal|date=October 2017}}
Philanthropy
Odebrecht was the founder of the Brazilian Odebrecht Foundation (Portuguese: Fundação Odebrecht).[http://www.odebrechtonline.com.br/materias/00201-00300/262/ Odebrecht informs: Norberto Odebrecht, the Founder] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824210405/http://www.odebrechtonline.com.br/materias/00201-00300/262/ |date=2011-08-24 }} retrieved 22 August 2011
Death
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Category:Brazilian businesspeople
Category:Brazilian people of German descent
Category:Brazilian billionaires
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