Daniel Dantas (entrepreneur)
Brazilian banker
Daniel Valente Dantas (Salvador, October 3, 1954) is a Brazilian banker and businessman, founder of the Banco Opportunity, an institution specialized in asset management. Dantas holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from UFBA and a postgraduate degree in Economics from FGV. Later, he obtained a master's degree and a doctorate at FGV and completed post-doctorate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States.
After years, in February 2012, Daniel Dantas and 11 other individuals were acquitted of the charges related to the Operation Chacal. The decision was issued by Judge Adriana Freisleben de Zanetti of the 5th Federal Criminal Court of São Paulo. Besides Operation Chacal, Dantas was involved in other investigations, such as the Operation Satiagraha, which was later annulled by the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) in 2011, a decision upheld by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) in 2015.
Currently, Daniel Dantas continues to operate in the financial market through Opportunity. In addition to his financial activities, Dantas is one of the largest agricultural landowners in Brazil, controlling companies in the oil, mining, biofuels, and agribusiness sectors. His career is marked by controversies, making him a polarizing figure in the Brazilian business landscape.
Education
Dantas graduated in engineering from the Federal University of Bahia. He completed postgraduate studies in economics at Fundação Getulio Vargas, where he was a student of Mário Henrique Simonsen.
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