a pioneering entrepreneurial spirit, roberto pisani marinho was instrumental in the spread of media throughout rio de janeiro, and brazil.

born in 1904, in rio de janeiro, marinho's father was a journalist, who founded the famous newspaper o globo, which was the first step in the media empire that roberto went on to cultivate.

taking over the family business after the untimely death of both his father, in 1925, and then a family friend, in 1931, marinho worked tirelessly, until eventually building brazil's largest media and communications empire, which spanned radio, television, newspapers, publishing, cinema, video and internet.