Investopedia

Continue to Site »

José Dutra

Filed Under » ,
Dictionary Says

Definition of 'José Dutra'

A former president and CEO of Brazilian oil company, Petrobrás. Dutra earned his degree in geology from the Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro in 1979. The following year, he began his 15-year career as a geologist by working at Geologia Sondangens and then at Petrobrás Mineradora. He then joined Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and later spent eight years as a senator in the Brazilian Government before becoming head of Petrobrás.
Investopedia Says

Investopedia explains 'José Dutra'

Brazil's President, Luiz Inacio da Silva, appointed Dutra president and CEO of Petrobrás in 2003 because the government partially owned a share of the company and had the right to appoint its management. Dutra left his position in 2005, but after a failed senatorial bid in 2006, he returned as president of Petrobrás from 2007-2009. In 2010 he was elected to a two-year term as president of Brazil's Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers Party).

Articles Of Interest

  1.

    Future CEO? Get Your Start In Fixed Income

    Discover why working in fixed income can be your ticket to the highest professional goals you've set for yourself.

  2. Management Strategies From A Top CEO

    Find out what this winning manager did to grow one of the biggest companies in the world.

  3. CEOs Who Blazed The Trail (Kroc, Hock And Welch)

    The right CEO can make all the difference in a company's market position.

  4. The CEO Dream Team - Walton, Schwab, Marcus And Blank

    The successes of these three CEOs can be linked back to one common factor: customer service.

  5. Pages From The Bad CEO Playbook

    Excess compensation, golden parachutes, tunneling and IPO spinning make these bad executives even worse.

  6. 3 Secrets Of Successful Companies

    Make smart investments by spotting up-and-coming success stories early.

  7. You Don't Know Jack Welch

    This engineer climbed the corporate ladder to lead his company into double-digit growth.

  8. The Path To Becoming A CEO

    Think you have what it takes to be chief executive? Find out what those at the top have in common.

  9. Thomas Rowe Price: Always Right

    This great investor mastered a new type of investing with every new market he faced.

  10. Members Of Congress With The Highest Net Worth

    Members of Congress make much more than the average American citizen. Here are the four wealthiest congressmen.
comments powered by Disqus
Marketplace
Hot Definitions

  1. Fool In The Shower

    The notion that changes or policies designed to alter the course of the economy should be done slowly, rather than all at once.

  2. Pattern Day Trader

    An SEC designation for traders who trade the same security four or more times per day (buys and sells) over a five-day period, and for whom same-day trades make up at least 6% of their activity for that period.

  3. Cost-Push Inflation

    A phenomenon in which the general price levels rise (inflation) due to increases in the cost of wages and raw materials.

  4. Happiness Economics

    The formal academic study of the relationship between individual satisfaction and economic issues, such as employment and wealth.

  5. Affluenza

    A social condition arising from the desire to be more wealthy, successful or to "keep up with the Joneses." Affluenza is symptomatic of a culture that holds up financial success as one of the highest achievements.

  6. Icarus Factor

    The term Icarus factor describes a situation where managers or executives initiate an overly ambitious project which then fails. Fueled by excitement for the project, the executives are unable to reign in their misguided enthusiasm before it is too late to avoid the failure.
Trading Center