21 Facts About Roberto Civita

Roberto F Civita was a Brazilian businessman and publisher.

Roberto Civita helped its expansion and development as Grupo Abril, becoming one of the largest publishing companies in Brazil.

Roberto Civita became chairman of the Board of Directors and Editorial Head of Grupo Abril.

Roberto Civita has headed related education foundations and participated in leadership of the Lauder Institute and the Wharton Advisory Board.

Roberto Civita was part of the Board of Overseers of the International Center for Economic Growth.

Roberto Civita was born on 9 August 1936 in Milan, Italy to Sylvana and Victor Civita, who worked in publishing.

Roberto Civita's family moved to New York City in 1938 after passage of the Race Laws in Italy.

In 1949, the family moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where his father, Victor Roberto Civita, had founded the Editora Abril, first publishing comic books under license from the Walt Disney Company.

Roberto Civita did his college studies in the United States, beginning with nuclear physics at Rice University, Texas, but gave up the subject when he realized that it was not his calling.

Roberto Civita graduated in journalism from the University of Pennsylvania and got a graduate degree in economics from its Wharton School of Economics.

Roberto Civita has a degree in sociology from Columbia University, New York City.

Roberto Civita returned to Brazil in the mid-1960s, to assume various positions at Editora Abril and organize a radical change in Brazilian journalism.

Roberto Civita worked to establish a strong reputation for fact checking and an independent press.

In 1982 Roberto Civita became president of the Grupo Abril, which had become one of the largest publishers in Brazil.

Roberto Civita took command of all operations in 1990, after the death of his father Victor.

In 2007 Roberto Civita said that Veja had no need to "please everyone", even if criticized for purportedly editorializing in its articles about politics.

Roberto Civita said that he had not made decisions to satisfy advertisers or the government.

Roberto Civita said his newsroom's legal department advised on what could be published from such sources.

Roberto Civita was willing to have internal debate about the use of such recordings, but never really did it.

Roberto Civita did not want to submit his long-term vision to satisfy quarterly results for shareholders.

Roberto Civita has been active in foundations and non-profits related to education: he was chairman of the board of Abril Educacao, and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Victor Roberto Civita Foundation.