Paulo Skaf
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President of the CIESP  Brazil
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Assumed office 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Cláudio Vaz |
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President of the FIESP Brazil
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Assumed office 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Horácio Lafer Piva |
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August 7, 1955 São Paulo, SP, Brazil |
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Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) (2009–2011) Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) (2011–today) |
| Spouse(s) | Luzia Helena Pamplona de Menezes (1978–today) |
| Profession | Businessman, political |
Paulo Antônio Skaf (August 7, 1955 – São Paulo) is a Brazilian entrepreneur and politician, affiliated to the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party of São Paulo (PMDB).
Skaf is the President of the Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo (FIESP), of Serviço Social da Indústria (SESI-SP), of Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial (Senai-SP), of Instituto Roberto Simonsen (IRS) and of Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (SEBRAE-SP). He is also the first Vice-President of Confederação Nacional da Indústria (CNI).
Moreover, has always been active at industries businesses entities, such as Confederação Nacional da Indústria (CNI), at Sindicato das Indústrias de Fiação e Tecelagem do Estado de São Paulo (Sinditêxtil) and at Associação Brasileira da Indústria Têxtil e de Confecção (ABIT). At last, he was also member of the Conselho de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (CDES) of the President.
Paulo Skaf was born at Vila Mariana, a neighborhood of São Paulo, son of Lebanese immigrant and prominent entrepreneur in the textile Antoine Skaf and Clotilde Habeyche Skaf. He attended the Colégio Elvira Brandão and finished his high school at Colégio Santo Américo. He graduated in Business Administration at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.
In 1978, he met Luzia Helena Pamplona de Menezes, who arrived at the same year. They have five sons, Paulo, André, Raphael, Gabriel, and Antoine, and three grandchildren.
In his teenage years, he started working with his father, but his entrepreneurial spirit soon flourished and made him follow his own steps. Dedicated in textile, his mid-sized factories was located at the east side of São Paulo – one at Ipiranga, another at Mooca and one at Belenzinho. In order to consolidate all in one unit, years later, it was relocated to Pindamonhangaba, at Vale do Paraíba.
The arrival of the Koreans in Brazil and the downfall of his company’s products competitivity, he felt the necessity of a drastic measure and redirect his business. He then focused his investments to industrial construction sector. It was only after his activities in the real estate businesses that he realized another one of his passions: politics.
Skaf, besides business, stood out for his leadership and innovation in the textile sector, at the Sindicato das Indústrias de Fiação e Tecelagem do Estado de São Paulo (Sinditêxtil) and at the Associação Brasileira da Indústria Têxtil e de Confecção, for two mandates, where it developed an important part in the fashion industry. In September 27th, 2004, it was elected, in his first mandate, as the President at Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo, at Ciesp, at Sesi-SP, at Senai-SP and at last for the Instituto Roberto Simonsen (IRS).
At FIESP, his management focused in research of Brazil’s sustainable growth. The aim was always to work in order to obtain structural changes capable to provide a better public services back to society, mainly at education, health and security. Thus, as the head of the institution, Skaf innovated with the implementation of full time education and articulated the integration between high school and technical school. Nowadays, Sesi_SP is the major institution of private school in the country. In 2013, the number of enrollment at Senai-SP, surpassed 1,2 Millions and 150 thousands at Sesi-SP.
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