At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Brazil based CEO’ operating in the Small and Medium Businesses space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Tiago Dalvi
CEO and Co-Founder of Olist
Tiago Dalvi is Founder & CEO of Olist.
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About Olist: Olist is an SMB commerce enabler ecosystem that specializes in the fields of logistics and capital.

Rui Miadaira
CEO and Founder of Ahazou
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About Ahazou: Ahazou is a SaaS platform that helps small and micro businesses to grow online.

Francisco Ferreira
Co-Founder and CEO of BizCapital
Francisco Ferreira is the Co-Founder and CEO at BizCapital.
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About BizCapital: BizCapital provides SMEs with fast and secure online working capital loans.
Antonio Morais Pereira
CEO of FoxManager
Antonio Morais Pereira is the founder of Safira ERP. He is also the CEO of FoxManager and business mentor of HackBrazil. Antonio holds a master’s degree in strategical planning from the Instituto Superior de Gestão.
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About FoxManager, Safira ERP: FoxManager is an integrated online enterprise management system (ERP), focusing on small and medium-sized businesses.
Rogério Tessari
Founder & CEO of Tiny
Founder and CEO at Tiny Software.
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About : Tiny is a cloud-based business management system (ERP) designed for micro and small enterprises.
Filipi Russo
Co Founder | CEO of Job for Model
Filipi Russo is a co-founder and the CEO of Job for Model.
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About Job for Model: Job for Model is a marketplace for the fashion and events industry.

Elias Jabbour
CEO of Contrato Rápido
CEO at Contrato Rápido
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About Contrato Rápido: Contrato Rápido simplifies business to SMEs, by allowing them to create and manage their contract online.

Elias Jabbour
CEO of Contrato Rápido
CEO at Contrato Rápido
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About Contrato Rápido: Contrato Rápido simplifies business to SMEs, by allowing them to create and manage their contract online.
André Baldini
Superlogica’s CEO of Superlógica Tecnologias Ltda.
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About Superlógica Tecnologias Ltda.: Superlogica is a management system company created for small service businesses.
Paul Peter Boilesen
CEO, Co-Founder, and Business Consultant of Boilesen Associates
Paul Peter Boilesen is the CEO, co-founder, and business consultant at Boilesen Associates. He is also an administrative officer at the Associação dos Administradores da Região de Campinas (AARC). Paul graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mackenzie Presbyterian University.
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About Boilesen Associates: Boilesen Associates is a strategic and financial consulting firm that focuses on empowering startups, small, micro, and medium enterprises.
Jonathan Boilesen
CEO and Co-Founder of Boilesen Associates
Jonathan Boilesen is the CEO and co-founder of Boilesen Associates. He is a former software developer at Indra. Jonathan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Campinas.
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About Boilesen Associates: Boilesen Associates is a strategic and financial consulting firm that focuses on empowering startups, small, micro, and medium enterprises.
Bonieky Lacerda
Chief Executive officer (CEO) of B7Web
Bonieky Lacerda is a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at B7Web. He is also Senior PHP Developer at F71 Technology. Mr. Lacerda previously Web Developer at S. Toledo Produções Multimídia LTDA. Bonieky studied IT Management at Paulist University.
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About B7Web: Creating professional websites that allows small business owners to choose one main color, describe their businesses and generate the site.
Reginaldo Andrade
Founder and CEO of Qads
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About Qads: Qads provides solutions for its customers to get the best return out of their digital marketing campaigns.
Reginaldo Andrade
Founder and CEO of Qads
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About Qads: Qads provides solutions for its customers to get the best return out of their digital marketing campaigns.

Jose A. Rodrigues
Founder and CEO of ScrumHalf
https://br.linkedin.com/in/zerneto
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About ScrumHalf: ScrumHalf is a Brazilian startup, providing web-based tools that coordinate its users’ agile projects.