My friend - and now partner - Jorge Paulo and his team are among the best businessmen in the world. He is a fantastic person and his story should be an inspiration to everybody, as it is for me." - Warren Buffett

In just over forty years, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles and Beto Sicupira built the biggest empire in the history of Brazilian capitalism and launched themselves onto the world stage in an unprecedented way.

Over the past five years, they have acquired no fewer than three globally-recognized American brands: Budweiser, Burger King and Heinz. This has been achieved as discreetly as possible and they have shunned any personal publicity.

The management method they developed, which has been zealously followed by their employees, is based on meritocracy, simplicity and constant cost cutting.

Their culture is as efficient as it is merciless and leaves no room for mediocre performances. On the other hand, those who bring in exceptional results have the chance to become company partners and make a fortune.

Dream Big presents a detailed behind-the-scenes portrait of the meteoric rise of these three businessmen, from the founding of Banco Garantia in the 1970s to the present day.

In 1971, when the Brazilian stock market was going through an euphoria, Harvard graduate, tennis champion and underwater fishing enthusiast from Rio de Janeiro Jorge Paulo Lemann decided to start a new business. He assembled some partners and put out a newspaper ad: "Brokerage wanted." Days later, Lemann began running what would become the cornerstone of his fortune and those of over 200 other people. Its name was Garantia.

The "Garantia model" was based on businesses that impressed Lemann, such as Goldman Sachs in finance and Walmart in retail. Its philosophy gave the best workers the opportunity to become shareholders.

作者：

剋裏斯蒂娜·柯利婭，巴西資深記者、知名的商業和管理谘詢顧問。供職巴西最暢銷的商業雜誌《檢視》（Exame）執行編輯12餘年。其間她參與瞭幾十篇針對巴西大型公司的深度報告。

譯者：

王仁榮，法學博士，百威英博亞太區副總裁。2003年加入百威英博，和雷曼、馬塞爾、貝托3G“三劍客”相識、共事13年，先後參與瞭“英特布魯收購美洲飲料”“英博收購百威”以及世紀並購“百威英博收購南非米勒”等一係列大型跨境並購案。他也是百威英博在中國及亞太地區並購擴張的親曆者。