Duarte Moreira Explained

Birth Date:23 September 1982
Education:Warwick Business School (MBA)
Occupation:investor and entrepreneur

Duarte Luis Lima Constantino Moreira (born September 23, 1982) is a Portuguese and Swiss investor and entrepreneur.[1] [2] [3] He is a co-founder and CEO of the Zeno Partners Group, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tellco Bank SA, and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vangest Group. In 2023 and 2024, he participated in the 69th edition of the Bilderberg Meeting,[4] and in the 70th edition of the Bilderberg Meeting, which brings together each year some of the most influential people in the Western World.[5] [6]

Biography

He grew up in Barcelos, Portugal. He attended local schools and completed his secondary education in year 11 entering college without ever attending Year 12, where he studied law, Finance & Management in Portugal and in the United Kingdom.[7]

Personal life

Duarte Moreira is married and has two children. He currently resides with his family in Geneva, Switzerland. He enjoys playing chess and tennis.[8]

Career

Duarte Moreira started his career as an investor in venture capital and private equity in 2007.[9]

In January 2016, with his colleague and long-time friend Christopher Kile, he created Zeno Partners, a private investment group based in Geneva.[10]

Founded in 2016, Zeno Partners now manages 6 investment funds and controls billions in assets.[11] [12]

In 2019, he became a director of the Vangest group, an industrial group founded in Portugal in 1986, before becoming Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2020.[13] [14]

In July 2022, he became Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tellco Group, a Swiss financial group founded in 2002 and specialized in the management of pension funds. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tellco Bank, a bank (acquired by the Tellco Group in 2017) which manages one of the largest independent portfolios of pension fund assets in Switzerland, with 9 billion in assets under management.[15] [16] He is also a director of the company Tellco Immobilien, which manages real estate assets in Switzerland of 1.9 billion, and which is a subsidiary of the Tellco Group.[17] [18]

In December 2023 he was featured in Bloomberg as his firm Zeno Partners was believed to have formulated a EUR 6bn offer for Altice Portugal together with Warburg Pincus.[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Others

Duarte Moreira holds an MBA from Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick, UK.[24]

In 2023 and 2024, he participated in the 69th and 70th Bilderberg Meetings. Since the first meeting of the Bilderberg group in 1954 he is among the youngest Portuguese or Swiss to have ever participated in the meeting.[25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

References

  1. Web site: 2023-05-18 . PM e PR na reunião do grupo Bilderberg . 2024-03-24 . PM e PR na reunião do grupo Bilderberg . pt.
  2. Web site: 2024-03-21 . Duarte Moreira's Investing Profile - Zeno Ventures Managing Partner . https://web.archive.org/web/20240321104456/https://www.signal.nfx.com/investors/duarte-moreira . 2024-03-21 . 2024-03-24 . signal.nfx.com.
  3. Web site: 2024-03-08 . O francês, o consórcio do português e os sauditas. Quem são os candidatos à compra da Meo? . 2024-03-24 . ECO . pt-PT.
  4. Web site: 2023-05-19 . Conférence "secrète" des puissants – Quatre Suisses au rassemblement des décideurs du groupe Bilderberg . 2024-03-24 . Bilan . fr.
  5. Web site: 2018-06-07 . Bilderberg, la conférence la plus secrète du monde . 2024-03-24 . Les Echos . fr.
  6. News: 2015-06-12 . Qu’est-ce que le groupe Bilderberg, le club secret objet de fantasmes ? . 2024-03-24 . Le Monde.fr . fr.
  7. Web site: Board Members . 2024-04-16 . vangest.pt .
  8. Web site: 2023-05-19 . Quem são os 9 portugueses que vão participar na reunião do grupo Bilderberg . 2024-04-16 . Forbes Portugal . pt-PT.
  9. Web site: About Us . 2024-04-16 . Anchor .
  10. Web site: Zeno SA, Genève . 2024-04-16 . business-monitor.ch.
  11. Web site: Zeno Partners . 2024-04-16 . en-US.
  12. Web site: 2024-02-15 . Télécommunication – L’offre suisse pour le rachat d’Altice Portugal en lice pour le second round . 2024-04-16 . Bilan . fr.
  13. Web site: Nuno Cipriano: "Recrutar talentos é importante, mas reter talentos é ainda mais importante" ― Entrevista . 2024-04-16 . Nuno Cipriano: “Recrutar talentos é importante, mas reter talentos é ainda mais importante” ― Entrevista . pt.
  14. Web site: VANGEST - ENGENHARIA FINANCEIRA E GESTÃO, S.A. . 2024-04-16 . dnb.com.
  15. Web site: Tellco – banking and pension solutions from a single source . 2024-04-16 . www.tellco.ch.
  16. Web site: Chan . Vinicy . Barbaglia . Pamela . Dinesh . Nair . March 8, 2024 . Saudi Telecom Submitted Highest Bid for Altice Portugal . 2024-04-16 . www.bloomberg.com.
  17. Web site: 2023-05-17 . Barroso, Arnaut, Stillwell... quem são os portugueses que vão estar na reunião mais exclusiva do mundo? . 2024-04-16 . SIC Notícias . pt.
  18. Web site: Duarte Lima Constantino Moreira . 2024-04-16 . moneyhouse.ch.
  19. Web site: Gopinath . Swetha . Chan . Vinicy . Rajbhandari . Alexandre . December 27, 2023 . Billionaire Niel to Join Contest for Altice Portugal, Sources Say . 2024-04-16 . www.bloomberg.com.
  20. Web site: Hughes . Chris . January 9, 2024 . Rising Telecoms M&A Favors Bankers Over Billionaires . 2024-04-16 . www.bloomberg.com.
  21. Web site: 2023-12-29 . Télécommunications – Le suisse Zeno Partners en lice pour reprendre Altice Portugal . 2024-04-16 . Bilan . fr.
  22. Web site: Warburg Pincus teams up with Horta-Osório on €6bn bid for telecoms assets . 2024-04-16 . www.ft.com.
  23. Web site: Majithia . Kavit . 2024-02-12 . stc, Iliad in frame for Altice Portugal takeover . 2024-04-16 . Mobile World Live . en-GB.
  24. Web site: Our board Zeno Partners . 2024-04-16 .
  25. Web site: Lusa . Agência . Primeiro-ministro e Presidente da República na reunião do grupo Bilderberg . 2024-04-16 . Observador . pt-PT.
  26. Web site: 2023-05-18 . Bilderberg: Costa oferece almoço aos poderosos, Marcelo convida-os para jantar . 2024-04-16 . PÚBLICO . pt.
  27. Web site: 2023-05-18 . Marcelo e Costa vão estar na reunião do grupo Bilderberg . 2024-04-16 . ZAP Notícias - Atualidade, mundo, ciência, saúde, desporto . pt-PT.
  28. Web site: 2023-05-19 . Grupo Bilderberg: Elite mundial reúne-se hoje em Lisboa. Quem são os portugueses que vão participar neste encontro ultrassecreto? – Executive Digest . 2024-04-16 . pt-PT.
  29. Web site: Bilderberg Participant Lists Public Intelligence . 2024-04-16 . publicintelligence.net.
  30. Web site: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 2023 . 2024-04-16 . bilderbergmeetings.org.