Half Brazilian and half the U.S. until the middle of last year, Eduardo Saverin is now a citizen of Singapore and, according to a list released by Forbes magazine , his eighth richest man.
The naturalization occurred largely because of high taxes that the co-creator of Facebook would be required to pay to the United States and was heavily criticized by the press and politicians.
Born in Sao Paulo, Saverin was educated in the United States and there amassed his fortune of $ 2.2 billion, but in May 2011 the entrepreneur decided to give up their citizenship to avoid taxes that would be charged because of the IPO Facebook. The amount would be around U.S. $ 67 million.
Saverin living in Singapore since 2009, which also does business.
