Quotes by Eike Batista

About Eike Batista:

Eike Fuhrken Batista da Silva is a Brazilian business magnate who made and lost a fortune in mining and oil and gas exploration. Presently, he is the chairman of Brazilian conglomerate EBX Group. The group includes five companies that trade on the BOVESPA's Novo Mercado, a special segment of the São Paulo stock market where enterprises with the highest standards of corporate governance are listed. These five companies are: OGX (oil and gas), MPX (energy), LLX (logistics), MMX (mining) and OSX (offshore services and equipment).
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To be powerful in South America, you have to be transparent and you have to have a very clean reputation. Transparency for me today is a magic word in South America. Power comes from transparency and a track record of execution.

Eike Batista

I was educated to think maybe Brazil works, maybe it doesn't. But I decided I am going to make this country work for my children. I am investing all my effort now in making Brazil a great country.

Eike Batista

What I learned from my father is to think big.

Eike Batista

You cannot exist as a $20 billion company with speculation.

Eike Batista

I can tell you that today 99% of my investments are in Brazil and will remain here.

Eike Batista

Finding oil is a multidisciplinary science. You need a lot of people - statisticians, engineers, and geologists, of course. And what I have learned in the past 30 years is that I read people better than I read books.

Eike Batista

Author Bio

  • NameEike Batista
  • DescriptionBrazilian businessman
  • AliasesEike Fuhrken Batista
  • BornNovember 3, 1956
  • CountryBrazil
  • ProfessionBusinessperson