Forbes 2025 Reveals 9 Brazilian Billionaires in Latest Global Wealth Rankings

The 2025 Forbes billionaire list continues to spotlight Brazilian billionaires on the world stage, with nine individuals making the cut—a notable shift compared to 2024, when fourteen Brazilians held billionaire status. These Brazilian billionaires represent significant wealth concentrated primarily in banking, industrial, and technology sectors.

Vicky Safra, 72, maintains her position as the wealthiest among Brazilian billionaires, ranking 98th globally with a net worth of $20.7 billion. Her fortune stems from Banco Safra, one of Brazil’s most prominent financial institutions, underscoring the dominance of banking in creating Brazilian billionaire wealth.

Banking and Financial Powerhouses Lead Brazilian Billionaires’ Wealth Sources

The financial sector plays a central role in Brazilian billionaires’ accumulation of wealth. Ana Lucia de Mattos Barreto Villela, 51, ranks 2233rd globally with $1.5 billion in net assets derived from Itaú Unibanco, Brazil’s largest private bank. This demonstrates how Brazil’s banking giants continue to generate substantial fortunes for their stakeholders and contribute significantly to the count of Brazilian billionaires.

Cristina Junqueira, 42, represents the fintech evolution of Brazilian billionaires’ wealth sources. As a Nubank founder, she achieved billionaire status with $1.4 billion in net worth and a global ranking of 2356. Her rise illustrates how technology-driven financial services have become a new pathway for Brazilian billionaires.

Diversified Industrial Empires Among Brazilian Billionaires

Beyond banking, Brazilian billionaires draw substantial wealth from industrial conglomerates. The Voigt family members represent significant portions of the industrial wealth within Brazilian billionaires. Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomez, 39, and family members Livia Voigt, 20, and Dora Voigt de Assis, 27, all derive their fortunes from WEG, a global engineering and manufacturing enterprise.

Mariana ranks 2233rd with $1.5 billion, while both Livia and Dora share the 2623rd position with $1.2 billion each. These holdings demonstrate the concentration of wealth within established industrial families among Brazilian billionaires.

Neide Helena de Moraes, 70, rounds out the industrial representation among Brazilian billionaires with $1.3 billion generated from Grupo Votorantim, positioning her at 2479th in the global rankings. Agricultural wealth also appears in the Brazilian billionaires list through Lucia Maggi, 92, whose $1 billion fortune originates from Amaggi, an agribusiness powerhouse, placing her at 2933rd globally.

Women’s Representation in Brazilian Billionaires Rankings

A notable characteristic of the 2025 rankings is that all nine Brazilian billionaires are women, reflecting the significant role women play in wealth accumulation and inheritance within Brazil’s business landscape. The list includes Vera Rechulski Santo Domingo, 76, whose $1.3 billion wealth connects her to Grupo Santo Domingo, further diversifying the sources of Brazilian billionaires’ fortunes.

The presence of young billionaires like Livia Voigt at just 20 years old demonstrates generational wealth transfer among Brazilian billionaires, while the older members including Lucia Maggi at 92 represent decades of accumulated industrial and agricultural success in Brazil’s economy.