14 Facts About Paulo Guedes

Paulo Roberto Nunes Guedes was born on 24 August 1949 and is a Brazilian economist and co-founder of the investment bank BTG Pactual.

Paulo Guedes is a co-founder of the think-tank Instituto Millenium, and was the economic advisor for the campaign of President Jair Bolsonaro.

In 1974 Paulo Guedes moved with his wife to the United States to attend the University of Chicago.

In 1983 Paulo Guedes was one of the co-founders of Banco Pactual, now BTG Pactual, alongside Andre Jacurski and Luiz Cezar Fernandes.

Paulo Guedes is a co-founder of the liberal think-tank Millenium Institute.

From 1983 to 1999 Paulo Guedes was executive director of Ibmec.

Paulo Guedes published a piece for the Globo newspaper in 2017 praising Operation Car Wash and the judiciary's efforts to curb corruption and impunity.

Paulo Guedes was partner and president at Bozano Investimentos until December 2018.

Paulo Guedes has denied wrongdoing and said the investigation is politically motivated and "meant to confuse voters".

In December 2018 the Federal Police accepted the MPF's request to open an investigation into Paulo Guedes's practices regarding pension funds.

Paulo Guedes has never been affiliated with a political party, but in 1989 was responsible for the economic proposals of the campaign of liberal candidate Guilherme Afif Domingos for the presidency.

In 2018 Paulo Guedes was named as the economic advisor for the campaign of Jair Bolsonaro in the 2018 presidential election.

Paulo Guedes is the candidate's likely pick for Minister of the Economy in a future cabinet.

Paulo Guedes was confirmed as Bolsonaro's pick to head the Ministry of the Economy.