1. Once ranked by Forbes as the 7th richest person in the world, Batista built a multibillion-dollar empire and, despite facing significant financial setbacks, has since reemerged as a strategic player in Brazil's innovation and investment landscape.
Eike Batista is the chairman of Brazilian conglomerate EBX Group, which founded and controlled five companies traded on the Brazilian B3 Stock Exchange.
In 2024, on the Market Makers podcast, Eike Batista introduced a partnership to operate a new biotech supercane operator in the OSX Port of Acu area called BRXe.
Eike Batista's mother, Jutta Fuhrken, was born in Germany and, from her, Batista says he learned self-esteem and discipline, attributes he considers crucial to his formation as an entrepreneur.
Eike Batista remained abroad and began selling insurance policies door-to-door to make his living.
Eike Batista returned to Brazil in the early 1980s and focused his attention on the gold and diamond trades.
Eike Batista established himself as a salesman, contacting producers in the Amazon area and buyers in large metropolitan centers in Brazil and Europe.
Eike Batista implemented the first mechanized alluvial gold mining plant in the Amazon, marking the beginning of the EBX Group.
Eike Batista married the model Luma de Oliveira in 1991, and divorced her in 2004.
Eike Batista later dated businesswoman and lawyer Flavia Sampaio for several years, with whom he had a third son in 2013, named Balder.
Eike Batista maintains an active digital life, with a personal site with articles, videos and news about his companies.
The digital channel that Eike Batista has chosen as his primary means of personal communication is Twitter.
In 2011, Eike Batista released the book The Heart of the Matter which recounts his trajectory in the business world and offers tips on entrepreneurialism.
In 2011, Eike Batista was listed by Forbes magazine as the 7th richest person in the world and the richest person in Brazil.
Eike Batista's wealth was at one time estimated at US$30 billion.
Eike Batista was featured in Bloomberg Markets magazine as the only Brazilian on the list of the 50 most influential people in global finance, published for the first time in September 2011.
In 2008 Eike Batista's fortune was estimated at US$6.6 billion and he was ranked at the 142nd place on the list of the richest men in the world.
In 2011, Eike Batista was included in the 1,000 CEOs ranking by Dinheiro magazine.
Since the 1980s, Eike Batista created and put into operation eight gold mines in Brazil and Canada, a silver mine in Chile, and three iron ore mines in Brazil.
All of Eike Batista's companies were named with 3-letter combinations ending in the letter "X", which Eike Batista believed was a symbol for the multiplication of wealth.
From 2004 to 2010, Eike Batista created and put into operation five companies, owned through his EBX holdings: MMX, MPX, OGX, LLX and OSX.
Since the early 2000s however, Eike Batista has focused primarily on natural resources, energy and infrastructure.
MMX is the former mining subsidiary of the EBX Group, established by entrepreneur Eike Batista to develop iron ore production integrated with logistics infrastructure.
Eike Batista operated key mining projects in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso do Sul, and pursued an exploratory initiative in Chile.
Eike Batista has complementary businesses in power generation, coal mining and exploration and production of natural gas.
Eike Batista launched one of the largest private exploratory campaigns in Brazil's history, focusing on offshore basins such as Campos, Santos, and Parnaiba.
Eike Batista contributed significantly to Brazil's upstream sector by investing in modern exploration techniques and infrastructure in underexplored offshore areas.
Bloomberg reported in January 2014, that Eike Batista had a negative net worth.
Eike Batista complied with the authorities and returned from New York to Brazilian jurisdiction.
Eike Batista had been charged with making unaccounted campaign contributions to the former governor of Rio de Janeiro state.
On July 3,2018, Eike Batista was provisionally convicted of performing unaccounted campaign contributions to former Rio de Janeiro governor Sergio Cabral, and was provisionally sentenced to imprisonment, pending appeal.
Eike Batista appealed the verdict, and its effects were nullified under the terms of the Plea Bargain agreement.