Fersen Lamas Lambranho (born October 11, 1961 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian entrepreneur and investor. He is currently partner and chairman of

GP Investments GP Investments, Ltd (also GP Investimentos), is a leading alternative investment firm in Latin America with a strong presence in asset management, principally private equity funds. The firm's shares are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and ...

, the asset management and investment firm based in

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, and has been listed among the 'most experienced Venture Capital investors in Brazil'. Having played a key role in Lojas Americas, Lambranho founded Americanas.com and was an early internet investor in Submarino and Shoptime in the late 1990s, which later became B2W. Key investments have included Equatorial Energia, Rumo, Oi, BRMalls, Magnesita and others.

Career

Lambranho holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (, UFRJ) is a public research university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest federal university in the country and is one of the Brazilian centers of excellence in teaching and research. Brazil's ...

(UFRJ) and an MBA from the COPPEAD Graduate School of Business. He started at

in 1998 and became a managing director in 1999. Four years later, Lambranho and current partner Antonio Bonchristiano started assuming the leadership of the firm, which they had control of by 2004. Under its new leadership, the firm was able to raise more private equity funds and expands its activities to investments in real estate and infrastructure. GP is now a pivotal player in the Brazilian financing scene. Lambranho also sits on the board of Centauro and Magnesita S.A.

Arts

Lambranho is a board member of several non-profit entities, such as Fundação Bienal de São Paulo and COPPEAD-UFRJ. Together with his wife, Paloma Lambranho, he is co-founder of the group Patronos da Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo and is part of the committee of Prêmio IP Capital Partners de Arte (PIPA) 2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lambranho, Fersen Businesspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) Harvard Business School alumni Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni 1961 births Living people