- Source of Wealth: Business (Retail – Península Participações, BRF, Carrefour Group, and Carrefour Brasil)
- Age: 82
- Birth Place: São Paulo Brazil
- Marital Status: Married (Geyze Diniz)
- Full Name: Abílio dos Santos Diniz
- Nationality: Brazilian
- Date of Birth: December 28, 1936
- Ethnicity: Portuguese-Brazilian
- Occupation: Businessman – Chairman of the Board of Directors of Península Participações, Chairman of the Board of Directors of BRF and Member of the Board of Directors of both Carrefour Group and Carrefour Brasil
- Education: EAESP – São Paulo School of Business Administration, Ohio University, Columbia University, and Fundação Getúlio Vargas
- Children: 6 (João, Pedro Paulo, Ana Maria, Adriana, Rafaela, and Miguel)
Abilio dos Santos Diniz has an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion. He is the Chairman of Brazil’s largest retailing company, Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao (CBD) which runs the supermarket chain Pao de Acucar. Diniz reportedly sold a large stake to French company Casino by $860 million. He then stepped down as the company’s Chief Executive Officer but remained as the Chairman.
In his younger years, this successful Portuguese-Brazilian businessman was actively involved in car racing competition. Together with his brother Alcides, they won the 1970 Mil Milhas Brasil. He provided funds for the career of his son, Pedro Diniz, a former Formula One driver.
