General Jorge Paulo
Lemann
Male
Brazil
1939-08-26
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


About

Lemann also is a brasilian citizen and played Davis Cup together with Koch and Mandarino.He also was Brasilian National Champion in 1968.
He is frequently described as the richest Brazilian.

In 1939, Lemann was born in Rio de Janeiro to Paul Lemann, a Swiss immigrant who founded the dairy manufacturer, Leco, and Anna Yvette Truebner, a Brazilian of Swiss origin. Lemann attended the American School of Rio de Janeiro.

He was sent to Harvard by his Swiss father, who emigrated to Brazil in the early 1920s, Lemann turned to tennis first and made it to Wimbledon, before returning to finance.
In 1961, he received a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University. According to Lemann's own admission, he did not enjoy his time at Harvard, stating that "My first year at Harvard was horrible. I was only 17 and I missed the beach and the sun a lot. Boston was too cold for me. It was my first time in the USA and I was not used to study or to write; we have to write a lot in Harvard. My grades were the worst possible." After setting off fireworks on the last day of his freshman year, he was reprimanded and considered dropping out, but ultimately decided to stay on.

Lemann always wanted to become an Inventor. As a kid he admired Thomas Edison. He bulit different machines but they usually did not work out. Lemann was also an avid tennis amateur. He won the Brazilian national tennis championship five times. He participated in the Davis Cup twice, once as part of the Swiss Davis Cup team and once on behalf of the Brazilian team, and also played at Wimbledon in 1962.

Roger Federer's management company,Tennis Australia and Jorge Lemann partnered to create the Laver Cup, a tournament is named after Australian tennis legend Rod Laver.



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Archive statistics 1960 - 1982
4
54
32


Tournament wins 1975 - Brazil National Championships (Open)
1974 - Brazil National Championships (Open)
1968 - Brazil National Championships (Open)
1962 - Swiss National Championships (Open)


Tournaments Itau Cup - Rio de Janeiro - Qualifying - 1982 Curitiba - 1981 Itau Cup - Rio de Janeiro - 1980 Brazil Satellite - Leg 1 - 1978 Itau Cup - Rio de Janeiro - 1976 Brazil National Championships - 1975 Brazil National Championships - 1974 Brazil National Championships - 1973 Brazil National Championships - 1972 European Amateur Championship - 1972 Brazil National Championships - 1968 Rio De Janeiro International - 1967 Brazil National Championships - 1965 Wimbledon - 1962 Roland Garros - 1962 Geneva International Championship - 1962 Swiss International Championships - 1962 Championships of Berlin - 1962 Argentina International Championships - 1962 Cap d 'Antibes - 1962 Menton - 1962 Swiss National Championships - 1962 Düsseldorf International - 1962 Gstaad - 1962 Lyon International - 1962 Villars - 1962 Adelboden - 1962 Maine State Championships - 1960

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