Profil Financier
Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello occupe actuellement le rang #2951 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur Énergie). Fortune nette estimée : $1.3 B (+$81 sur 24h).
Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello became the world's first ethanol billionaire in 2007. Cosan, his sugar giant, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
The company's origins date to 1936, when Ometto's grandparents established a sugarcane mill in Sao Paulo.
After several takeovers, Cosan became one of the world's largest growers and processors of sugarcane and one of the largest producers of ethanol.
Besides his Cosan shares, Ometto also holds a portfolio of real estate investments.
His combativeness earned him the moniker "the tractor," in part because of the long legal fights in order to gain control of Cosan.