Eike Batista
The name Eike Batista sounds quite unfamiliar, yet this person is a world class billionaire and recently listed as number 8 in the 2011 richest persons list of Forbes Magazine. So, who is actually Eike Batista?
Eike Batista is a Brazillian entrepreneur who owns big mining companies which support each other under the name of EBX Groups. This group includes OGX which works on oil and gas, MPX which focuses on energy, LLX which works on logistics, MMX which focuses in mining, and OSX which works on offshore service and equipment. With these companies, Eike Batista has reached the top of his life and becomes the richest man in Brazil with a life story that inspires young Brazilian entrepreneurs.
Eike Fuhrken Batista was born to Eliezer Batista da Silva who worked as a government official. Finding his passion in mining since young age, Eike Batista studied metallurgical engineering in the University of Aachen. Before that, he already traded gold including being indulged in a gold mining in the Amazon which gave him a valuable $200,000 as a start in his mining career.
His education contributed big to his moves next. He successfully found a source of oil off shore Brazil which made headlines as a discovery of one of the most promising oil sources. This may never be expected back then when he was still a college dropout. But when you are a fighter, nothing is impossible.
Eike Batista Speed Boat
Not to many people’s knowledge, Eike Batista was a speed boat racer fan and champion. He won national and international championships and now is arranging a national offshore powerboat championship. He also participates with his own boat which is powered with 1,100 horsepower engine. It seems that surprise is still coming out of this amazing billionaire, Eike Batista.
