Fostering Bilateral Trade and Investment Flows Between Brazil and Florida

Brazil-Florida Business Award Honorees

Acknowledging and celebrating exemplary business and civic leaders and their extraordinary organizations for their strategic vision and valuable contributions to the sustainable economic and social development of Brazil and Florida.

Chieko Aoki
CEO of Blue Tree Hotels & Resorts

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Guilherme Benchimol
Founder & Chairman of XP Inc.

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Bob Buckhorn
58th Mayor of the City of Tampa

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José Luis Cutrale (In Memoriam)
Chairman & CEO of Sucocitrico Cutrale Ltd.

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Frank DiBello
Past President & CEO of Space Florida

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Patrick Goddard
President of Brightline

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João Vitor Menin
CEO of Inter&Co

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David Neeleman
Founder, Chairman & CEO of Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras

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José Isaac Peres
Founder & Chairman of Multiplan

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Marcos Pontes
Astronaut & Elected Senator of São Paulo State

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Joc O'Rourke
CEO & President of The Mosaic Company

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Ozires Silva
Founder of EMBRAER

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Gary Spulak
President of Embraer Aircraft Holding, Inc.

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Chia Yuan Wang
President of Gerdau Long Steel North America

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