Norberto Odebrecht

摘要

Norberto Odebrecht, the founder of the construction company that bears his name has died at the age of 93. Construtora Norberto Odebrecht is the world's 30th largest contractor and the biggest in Latin America. Born in 1920, Mr Odebrecht founded his construction company in Salvador, in Brazil's Bahia state in 1944. Early work included several projects linked to the city's port and shipyards. By 1973 the company had a national presence, and started to internationalise towards the end of that decade. Today the company has a presence in 23 countries and employs some 200,000 people.