A Billionaire Dredges Up Support for His Superport

摘要

Eike Batista, the richest man in Brazil, is building a superport. It's part of his master plan to surpass Mexican telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim as the world's richest man. Batista was ranked at No. 7 in March. Although the stock price of his company, EBX Group, was hit hard by a sell-off this summer, he maintains that his vision will become a reality within the decade. His plan says that, within a decade, the sleepy fishing village of Sao Joao da Barra will be transformed into Acu Superport, the world's third-largest bulk port and the hub of an industrial complex designed to move 3 50 million tons of cargo annually. The port, under construction since 2007, lies about 350 miles up the coastline from Rio de Janeiro.