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Paulo Machado de Carvalho (9 November 1901 – 7 March 1992), was a Brazilian businessman, journalist and football chairman.

Biography

Graduated from Faculdade do Largo São Francisco, Paulo Machado de Carvalho assumed a prominent position in the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution, where he was patron and founder of Rádio Sociedade Record, based near Praça da República. He participated in the first radio news broadcasts in Brazil alongside Assis Chateaubriand. In 1944, he acquired Rádio Panamericana, now Jovem Pan. In 1953, he participated in the founding of Rede Record television. Carvalho was the first businessman to organize a media conglomerate in Brazil, years before Roberto Marinho and Grupo Globo.[1]

Paulo Machado de Carvalho also worked in his sporting career, being part of the board of São Paulo FC since 1934, and being elected president in 1940 and 1947. He was also the head of the Brazil national football team delegation in the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups.[2] responsible for making Brazil's blue away shirt official, chosen by him to be worn in the final against Sweden in 1958 because it represents the mantle of Our Lady of Aparecida, the country's patron saint. Its name gives the official name of the Estádio do Pacaembu since 1961.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Acervo Estadão - Personalidades - Paulo Machado de Carvalho". Estadão (in Portuguese). 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Jovem Pan na história do país: Paulo Machado de Carvalho chefiou delegação brasileira campeã das Copas do Mundo de 1958 e 1962". Jovem Pan (in Portuguese). 3 July 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Paulo Machado de Carvalho". Museu do Futebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Que fim levou? Paulo Machado de Carvalho". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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