Duarte Moreira

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Duarte Moreira
Born (1982-09-23) September 23, 1982 (age 41)
EducationWarwick Business School (MBA)
Occupation(s)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, he participated in the 69th edition of the Bilderberg Meeting,[4] which brings together each year some of the most influential people in the World.[5][6]

Biography[edit]

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 the United Kingdom.[7]

Personal life[edit]

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[edit]

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

Between 2007 and 2015, he worked for a Swiss investment group, where he developed, in his capacity as Principal, various investment strategies.[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 pension funds 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]

Distinctions[edit]

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

In 2023, he participated in the 69th Bilderberg Conference. 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][31]

References[edit]

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