Assis Chateaubriand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Assis Chateaubriand

Brazilian journalist and entrepreneur

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1892

Place of Birth: Umbuzeiro, Paraíba, Brazil

Date of Death: 04-Apr-1968

Profession: lawyer, politician, entrepreneur, journalist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Libra


Show Famous Birthdays Today, Brazil

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Assis Chateaubriand

  • Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Melo (pronounced [f??~'sisku d?i a'sis ??tob?i'?~ b?~'dej?? d?i 'm?lu]), best known as Assis Chateaubriand and also nicknamed Chatô (October 4, 1892 – April 4, 1968), was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist, politician and diplomat.
  • He was one of the most influential public figures in Brazil during the 1940s and the 1950s, becoming notable as a journalist, an entrepreneur, an arts patron as well as a politician.
  • Chateaubriand was appointed Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom, position he held from 1957 to 1961.
  • He was also a lawyer and professor of law, writer and member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, occupying its 37th chair from 1954 until his death in 1968.Chateaubriand was a media mogul in Brazil between the late 1930s and the early 1960s and the owner of Diários Associados, a conglomerate that counted at its peak more than a hundred newspapers, radio and TV stations, magazines and a telegraphic agency.
  • He is also known as the co-creator and founder, in 1947, of the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), together with Pietro Maria Bardi.
  • Chateubriand also founded the first television network of Latin America and the fifth in the world (Tupi TV).
  • He was Senator of the Republic between 1952 and 1957.An often polemic and controversial figure, hated and feared, Chateaubriand has also been nicknamed "the Brazilian Citizen Kane" and accused of unethical behavior, for allegedly blackmailing companies that did not place ads in his media vehicles, and for insulting entrepreneurs with lies (such as industry owner Count Francesco Matarazzo).
  • His empire would have been built based on political interests and agreements, including tumultuous but profitable ties with Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas.

Read more at Wikipedia

See Also