roberto pisani marinho, born in rio in 1904, was the president and founder of the brazilian tv channel, globo, a television network with 113 stations and associates - with the production of novelas or soap-operas, tv globo found a way to flex its true power and has since exported many of them to various countries.

after marinhos' death, globo continued as a family business, and such was the importance of the founder of the Globo empire, that jacarepaguá airport in rio de janeiro is named after roberto marinho.