Died 2024-08-17.
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Silvio Santos
Senor Abravanel, known professionally as Silvio Santos, was a Brazilian television presenter and business magnate. Widely regarded as the greatest personality in Brazilian television, he was the founder of the television network Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) and the conglomerate Grupo Silvio Santos, which holds interests in media and real estate among other assets. Throughout his life, he…
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business · Brazilian television presenter and business magnate (1930–2024) · businessperson · television presenter · manager · television producer · also Silvio Santos, Santos
Born 12 December 1930 · Died 17 August 2024 · Q1395208
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2024· 1 entry
2020· 1 entry
Programa Silvio Santos went on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with its timeslot filled by compilations of highlights from past episodes of the series and other Silvio Santos programs
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2013· 1 entry
Making him the only Brazilian celebrity on Forbes' billionaires list
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (2012).
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2008· 1 entry
Programa Silvio Santos was revived as a variety show, with Santos reviving classic segments and features
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1999· 1 entry
Santos premiered Show do Milhão, a game show that was influenced by Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
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1991· 1 entry
Santos would premiere one of his most popular series, the hidden camera game show Topa Tudo por Dinheiro
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1989· 1 entry
20 days before the Brazil's first direct presidential election since 1960, Santos announced that he would run as a candidate for the Brazilian Municipalist Party
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1981· 2 entries
With whom he remained until the end of his life and had four other daughters, Daniela, Patricia, Rebeca and Renata
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The stations would be awarded to Grupo Silvio Santos and Grupo Bloch, with Santos awarded Tupi's former signals in São Paulo and Porto Alegre
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1977· 1 entry
The 57 year-old Santos had introspections between himself and his colleagues regarding his health and future, leading him to begin the process of naming a successor
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1976· 1 entry
Amid creative conflicts with Globo executives, Santos entered the broadcasting industry himself by launching a new television station in Rio known as TVS, and purchasing a 50% stake in Rede Record, moving Programa Silvio
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1975· 1 entry
And 1988 respectively) and are buried side by side in the Caju Jewish Cemetery, Rio de Janeiro
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1971· 1 entry
Santos began to present the Troféu Imprensa, an awards presentation for Brazilian television
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1967· 1 entry
Released ep “Carnaval de 1967”.
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1966· 1 entry
TV Paulista became part of the new Rede Globo, which signed Santos to a five-year deal
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1963· 2 entries
Moved to a Sunday afternoon variety show on TV Paulista, Programa Silvio Santos
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Began hosting Programa Silvio Santos, which would become one of the longest-running programs on Brazilian television
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1960· 1 entry
TV Paulista signed Santos to host a television program—Vamos Brincar de Forca—which would incorporate variety entertainment and raffles, and be used to promote Baú da Felicidade
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1930· 1 entry
Born 1930-12-12.
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1897· 1 entry
Whilst his mother, Rebecca Caro, was born in Smyrna, Turkey in 1905
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