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Brazilian Profile: Silvio Santos Posted by on Mar 5, 2008

Everyone loves an American dream story, even if the subject isn’t American. Silvio Santos, also known as Senor Abravanel, was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1930, the son of humble Jewish immigrant parents from Turkey and Greece. He began his working career as a street vendor, and worked his way up working in…

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