Sirotsky Family

The Sirotsky Family owns Grupo RBS, largest regional media conglomerate in Brazil, based in Rio Grande do Sul, but also present in Santa Catarina and with businesses that reach the entire country. The group owns three print newspapers (Zero Hora and Diário Gaúcho among the ten newspapers with largest circulation in Brazil), a magazine, a regional TV network (RBS TV, an affiliate of Rede Globo), two regional radio networks (Gaúcha and Atlântida), three other radio stations (among them, Rádio CBN Porto Alegr, affiliate of Rede CBN, owned by Grupo Globo), three online news portals, a publisher, a printing company, besides e.bricks digital, which invests in other e-commerce and digital marketing companies.

Founded by Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho, the group’s business have always been run by the family: first by the children Nelson Pacheco Sirotsky, Pedro Pacheco Sirotsky and by the son-in-law Carlos Melzer, married to Suzana Sirotsky. Currently, most of the group’s companies have as main partners a son and two grandsons of Maurício Sirotsky: Nelson Pacheco Sirotsky (filho), Marcelo Sirotsky (neto) and Pedro Sirotsky Melzer (neto). The three are members of the family who, individually, have, according to the Siacco database, a direct share in the largest number of TV and radio companies owned by the group, besides the family holdings.

Other members of the Sirotsky and Mezer families show up as partners in the group’s dozens of companies and occupy important positions. The groups current presidency is occupied by Eduardo Sirotsky Melzer, who succeeded his uncle Nelson Sirotsky. The Administration Council is formed by Carlos Melzer, Cláudio Thomaz Lobo Sonder, Eduardo Sirotsky Melzer (president), Geraldo Corrêa, Jayme Sirotsky, Marcelo Sirotsly, Nelson Pacheco Sirotsky and Pedro Sirotsky. The Sirotsky-Melzer are partners in a series of other companies in the proprerty, agroindustry and entertainment sectors.