Ronald Levinsohn

Ronald Guimarães Levinsohn (9 October 1935 – 27 January 2020) was a Brazilian businessman and owner of the Delfin Group. He was involved in a multi-billion-dollar corruption and embezzlement scandal related to the National Housing Bank of Brazil in the 1980s.

Career In 1975, Levinsohn partnered with Rodman Rockefeller (son of Nelson Rockefeller)

He owned the Delfin Group, which in the 1980s maintained 3.5 million savings accounts, the largest portfolio in Brazil at the time.

At the end of 1982, journalist José Carlos de Assis published an exposé alleging that Delfin had settled its debt with the National Housing Bank (BNH) while retaining a significant outstanding balance.

The Central Bank of Brazil published the official act closing the extrajudicial liquidation of the Delfin Group in the Diário Oficial da União on November 22, 1991. When the institution was closed, many customers lost their savings.

Levinsohn also controlled the Centro Universitário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, the third-largest private university in Rio de Janeiro, with approximately 35,000 students. He was accused of using the institution for money laundering. A Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro (ALERJ) inquiry commission reported alleged irregularities, including labor violations and diploma sales.