Petro Rio S.A. ADR fka HRPTY

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Nelson Sequeiros Rodriguez Tanure was born in 1951 in Salvador and has four children and one grandson. He graduated in Business Administration from Bahia Federal University and now lives in Rio de Janeiro where he embarked on his business career at 25 years of age, starting with a minority stake in a company specialized in engineering services for the oil industry.

He operates in the infrastructure and telecommunications sectors. As an investor and company restructuring expert, he has bought and sold over 40 companies in Brazil. Docas Investimentos SA, directed by Tanure, has incorporated and traded in oil companies, naval construction, electrical energy, electronics, real estate, agribusiness, financial markets and international telecommunications projects.

Between 1990 and 1994 he was the president of the largest shipyard in Brazil.

In 2007, Nelson Tanure entered the telecommunications sector with the acquisition of Intelig. In 2009, he negotiated the merger of Intelig with TIM Brazil, making it the 2nd largest company in the sector in Brazil, whose shares are among those with the highest profitability in the country.

In 2001, he leased the traditional Jornal do Brasil, a newspaper that has been in existence for over one hundred and twenty years. All the editions for the past twelve decades have now been scanned by Google and are available on the Internet: http://news.google.com.

In September 2010, JB became the first 100% digital newspaper in the country: http://www.jb.com.br.

Nelson Tanure participates discreetly in community and philanthropic activities. He was vice-president of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (OSB) in Rio de Janeiro for many years. He has been awarded tributes and honors: Citizen of Rio de Janeiro; Citizen of Manaus; the Pedro Ernesto Medal from Rio de Janeiro City Council.

Tanure is fond of classical music and opera and boasts one of the largest record collections of its kind in the country. Reading is another hobby of the businessman and his favorite author is William Shakespeare.