| Newton de Souza | |
| Birth Name: | Newton Sérgio de Souza |
| Nationality: | Brazilian |
| Alma Mater: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation: | businessman |
| former president and CEO of Odebrecht | |
| Term: | 2015-17 |
| Predecessor: | Marcelo Odebrecht |
| Successor: | Luciano Guidolin |
Newton Sérgio de Souza is a Brazilian businessman, the former president and chief executive officer of Odebrecht, a diversified Brazilian conglomerate, which is Latin America's largest construction company, a post he held from 2015 to 2017.
Newton de Souza has a law degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, an MA from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and an LLM from the University of Pennsylvania.[1]
In December 2015, de Souza was appointed the president and chief executive officer of Odebrecht, following Marcelo Odebrecht's imprisonment.[2]
He was previously Odebrecht's head of fiduciary affairs and governance, and had been interim chief executive officer since June 2015.[3]
In May 2017, he was replaced as chief executive officer by Luciano Guidolin, a "longtime executive".[4]