3. He Was the 10th Richest Man in the World
This happened in 2012 when Forbes magazine named him one of the richest men in the world. He only climbed on the 10th position and had the desire to become number one.
He told Bloomberg that he needed to be #1 because of his competitive spirit he had in his childhood.
“I suffered very heavy asthma, so my mother threw me in the cold swimming pool,” he said. “So I cured my asthma through discipline, and I saw that you could achieve things by performing and its part of my DNA… I’m very competitive.” – Eike Batista for Bloomberg.
And that’s how he became the richest man in Brazil.
