Manoel Amorim

Manoel Luiz Ferrao de Amorim (born 1958) is the President and CEO of Abril Educação, the largest publisher of educational material and largest service provider for elementary, middle and high schools in Brazil. He previously served as president and CEO of Globex S.A., one of the largest consumer electronics, appliances and furniture retailers in Brazil. He has also served as CEO of the Brazilian Telecommunications firm Telefonica Empresas, a subsidiary of Telefonica, as president of AOL Brazil, and as general manager for the Baby Care Division of Procter and Gamble Latin America and member of the Baby Care Global Leadership Team.
Mr. Amorim served as a board member for all of Telefonica's operations in Latin America and for MasterCard International. He was Chairman of the Board of Vivo, the largest cell phone operator in Latin America, as Chairman of the Investcred Bank in Brazil, and Vice Chairman of the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce in São Paulo, Brazil. He is currently a member of the National Advisory Council of the Marriott School of Management of the Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, and a board director of Fundação Victor Civita and of the American Chamber of Commerce in São Paulo, Brazil.
Amorim was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Athos M. Amorim and his wife, the former Maria Alice Barcellos Pires Ferrao. When still a youth Manoel Amorim joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) with his parents. He also served as a missionary for the LDS Church in Sao Paulo.
Manoel Amorim is married and has three children.
Amorim received a degree from the Military Institute of Engineering in Rio de Janeiro. In 1990, Amorim received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
By 2006 Telefonica, with Amorim as CEO, had become the third largest corporation in Brazil.