What is Maria de Lourdes Egydio Villela's Net Worth?
Maria de Lourdes Egydio Villela is a Brazilian businesswoman, philanthropist and socialite who has a net worth of $2.2 billion. Born to one of the oldest banking families of Brazil, Maria de Lourdes Egydio Villela derives her fortune partly from her inheritance and somewhat from her massive banking investments. In 2008 her family's Banco Itau merged with Unibanco to form Itau Unibanco, today the second biggest bank in Brazil.
As a family member, Maria de Lourdes Egydio Villela serves as vice chairwoman of the board of Itausa Investments, a unit of the giant bank, as well as she is one of the bank's largest individual shareholders. On top of that, she is the president of Sao Paulo's Museum of Modern Art.
