Jorge Lemann ranks 37th on Bloomberg's billionaires index

AB-InBev's investor Jorge Paulo Lemann is Brazil's richest man, according to Bloomberg's recent billionaires index. Bloomberg ranks Mr Lemann as the world's 37th most wealthy person based on Bloomberg's 30 November 2012 estimates, which put Mr Lemann's fortune at USD 18.7 billion.

Jokingly referred to as the "envy index", Bloomberg's index, which was launched for the first time earlier this year, takes daily measures of twenty of the world’s wealthiest people based on market and economic changes and Bloomberg News reporting.

Mr Lemann controls AB-InBev, the world's largest beer manufacturer, with two billionaire partners, Marcel Herrmann Telles and Carlos Alberto Sicupira. Through their buyout firm 3G Capital, the trio owns Burger King, the fast food chain they acquired in 2010. They also own retailer Lojas Americanas and real estate developer Sao Carlos.

However, Mr Lemann’s largest asset is his 10 percent stake in AB-InBev, worth more than USD 14.7 billion, says Bloomberg.