He was boastful, he was brash and he came to represent a booming Brazil that was finally taking its place as an economic powerhouse on the world stage.
At his peak, he owned oil, mining, infrastructure and real estate companies worth, , some $34.5 billion in 2012.
But it’s all come crashing down: On Wednesday, Batista’s oil company, OGX, filed for bankruptcy, imploding his empire.
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