Andre Esteves

{ "bio": [ "Andre Esteves began his career as an intern at Brazilian investment bank Pactual and eventually acquired control of the bank.", "Esteves sold Pactual to Swiss banking giant UBS in 2006 for $3.1 billion, forming the Brazilian subsidiary UBS Pactual.", "In 2009 he engineered the sale of UBS Pactual to investment firm BTG and became chairman of the board and CEO of the new firm.", "He was accused of obstruction of justice for Brazil's largest corruption scandal, Operation Car Wash, and jailed for almost three weeks in 2015.", "In December 2018, Esteves was acquitted of corruption charges and returned to BTG as one of the controlling partners." ], "about": [ "After he was detained in 2015, Esteves stepped down as CEO and gave up his seat on BTG's board." ] }