About Miguel Krigsner
Born 1950. Miguel Krigsner is a Brazilian and Bolivian businessperson.
Miguel Gellert Krigsner (La Paz, Bolivia, January 9, 1950) is a Bolivian-Brazilian entrepreneur. He is the founder of the Brazilian company O Boticário, the second major cosmetic company in the Southern Hemisphere (Natura is the first). Krigsner is also the founder of the Fundação de Proteção à Natureza, one of the main Brazilian environmental NGOs. He also helped for the creation of the Holocaust Museum in Curitiba.
He was born in La Paz, Bolivia into a Jewish family from La Paz. Born to Jacob Krigsner, a Polish Jew, and to Anneliese Krigsner, a German Jew. The Krigsners left Bolivia and moved to Brazil when Miguel was 11 years old, settling in the city of Curitiba.
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Who is Miguel Krigsner?
Bolivian businessman
When was Miguel Krigsner born?
Miguel Krigsner was born on 9 January 1950 in Bolivia.
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Miguel Krigsner is a businessperson.
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Miguel Krigsner is Brazilian and Bolivian.
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