Edson Queiroz (April 12, 1925 – June 8, 1982) was a Brazilian

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entreprene ...

, founder of one of the largest business groups in Brazil.

Biography

Edson Queiroz was born on April 12, 1925, in

Cascavel Cascavel is a city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. It is the fifth most populous city in the state with 364.104 inhabitants, according to IBGE 2024 estimate. The distance to Curitiba, the state capital, is 491 kilometers b ...

, state of

Ceará Ceará (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It is the List of Brazilian states by population, eighth-largest Brazilian State by ...

. At the age of 15, he took over the management of Genesio Queiroz Warehouse, belonging to his father. He has attended important schools in the region, including Seminário Arquidiocesano da Prainha and later Liceu do Ceará, where he concluded his technical studies. In September 1945 he married Yolanda Vidal Queiroz, whom he regarded as just as responsible for his business success as himself. Edson Queiroz has always refused the standard business model. He was a man of the frontline and well known for getting deep into management issues. Recognized as an honored citizen of the state of

, Edson was always considered ahead of his time. He was among the 137 people killed in the VASP Flight 168 crash on June 8, 1982 — at the time, the worst accident in Brazilian aviation history.

Quotes

His most famous phrase underlines his life and work ethic: : ''"If at any time you are caught by surprise by injustice and ingratitude, do not stop believing in life, empowering it by decency, building it by labour."''

References

External links

Edson Queiroz Business GroupEdson Queiroz Biography
1925 births 1982 deaths 20th-century Brazilian businesspeople Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Brazil Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1982 {{Brazil-business-bio-stub