About Mario Garnero Entrepreneur Mario Garnero, 71, has a Law Degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo) where, as a student, he presided over the “Centro Acadêmico 22 de Agosto” (the University’s Law Students’ Association). Mario Garnero is Chairman of the Board and principal shareholder of the Brasilinvest Group, a business organization established in 1975 as a private business agency operating along the lines of a classic “banque d’affaires” or merchant bank, which has a present net worth estimated in US$ 700 million.