José Roberto Marinho

Vice-president of Grupo Globo and president of Fundação Roberto Marinho. He studied History at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC−Rio) and Geography at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

He began his professional life in 1972 as a reporter for the newspaper O Globo. In 1981, he became assistant editor. In 1983, he was appointed to the position of deputy editor-in-chief, in which he remained until 1984. In that year, he left the newspaper to occupy the position of director of FM programming at the Globo de Rádio System, where he later became director-general. and vice president.

In 1992, he founded the Acqua Institute, for the preservation of water resources.

José Roberto chairs Grupo Globo's Social Responsibility Committee. He is also a member of the Governance Committee of Juntos Pelo Desenvolvimento Sustentável - Communitas, of the Advisory Board of WWF-Brasil, of the Ethos Institute of Business and Social Responsibility, of the Board of Trustees of the Fundação Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira, of CEBDS, among others. In 2006, he participated in the founding of the Todos pela Educação movement, of which he is a member of the Governance Council.