Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela is a Brazillian businesswoman who has a net worth of $1.3 billion. A low-profile member of one of Brazil's oldest banking dynasties, Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela is one of the largest individual shareholders of Sao Paulo-based conglomerate Itausa Investimentos Itau SA. Itausa, which has interests in finance, real estate among other industries, controls Itau Unibanco, the largest bank in the southern hemisphere, with total assets of $500 billion. In addition, the conglomerate owns some other major companies like Duratex, a leading high-end provider of bathroom and wood products; Itautec, an electronics manufacturer specializing in ATMs; Duratex, a leading high-end provider of bathroom and wood products; and the chemical maker Eleikeiroz.
Aside from holding a significant share in Itausa, Ana Lucia serves as the president of Alana Institute, a non-profit organization she co-founded with her billionaire brother Alfredo in 1994. The organization mainly supports education and culture. Having lost her parents in a plane crash in 1982, she and her brother were raised by their aunt, Maria de Lourdes. Maria, apart from being one of the largest individual shareholders in Itausa, she has an abundant separate personal fortune.
