Who was the businessman from Brazil who died along with his entire family in a plane accident?

A small twin-engine aircraft crashed this Sunday morning near the center of the tourist city of Gramado, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and all ten people on board died, the National Civil Defense detailed to mid afternoon

The victims, both the crew member and the passengers, were from the same family, according to preliminary information from the agency. In addition, 17 people who were at the scene of the accident were injured, two of them seriously, due to burns or having inhaled smoke from the fire that broke out after the collapse. Some of the injured are tourists who at that time were in an inn that was hit by the damage.

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Who is the businessman who died?

Local media stated that businessman Luiz Claudio Salgueiro Galeazzi, who was piloting the plane, and his family, made up of nine other people, died in the accident.

According to the local press, Luiz Claudio Salgueiro Galeazzi held the position of president of Galeazzi & Associados, a business restructuring consultancy founded by his father, Claudio Galeazzi, one of the main names in the country sector, in 1995.

When his father died due to cancer, in March 2023, Salgueiro Galeazzi had already been leading the company for some years as general director. The businessman had a degree in Business Administration from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation. On his resume he had more than 25 years of experience in business management.

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The consulting firm’s website says that the executive participated, throughout his career, in various performance improvement projects, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, financial and strategic planning and crisis management, both in Brazil and abroad. . And that his work covered companies from different sectors: telephone, energy, health, food, automotive, insurance, media and banking.

In 2010, the businessman lost his mother, María Leonor Salgueiro Galeazzi, also in a plane accident. The aircraft also belonged to Luiz Claudio.

What is known about the accident?

The device first collided with the chimney of a building and then against the second floor of a house and then fell on a furniture store, the regional Public Security Secretariat said in a statement.

The aircraft took off shortly after 9:00 local time (12:00 GMT) from the Canela regional airport, a couple of kilometers from the accident site, in very foggy conditions.

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The device, an American-made Piper Cheyenne 400, was headed to the city of Jundiaí, in the state of São Paulo, although firefighters initially said it was traveling to Florianópolis.

However, the causes of the accident are still being investigated, which plunges Brazil into mourning just two days before Christmas.