Private company

Grupo Globo

Logo: Grupo Globo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Brazilian media group

Grupo Globo (Portuguese pronunciation:; lit. 'Globe Group'), formerly and still legally known as Organizações Globo (; lit. 'Globe Organization'), is a Brazilian private entertainment and mass media conglomerate based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1925 by Irineu Marinho, it is the largest media group in Latin America, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates. Grupo Globo's assets comprise over-the-air broadcasting, television and film production, pay television subscription service, streaming media, publishing, and online services.2 It was founded by Roberto Marinho.1 Its chief executive is Jorge Nóbrega.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1925Founded1
  • Industrynews media, publishing, radio broadcasting, television1
  • HeadquartersRio de Janeiro1
  • Founded inRio de Janeiro1
  • Websitegrupoglobo.globo.com
  • Legal formpartnership1

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Grupo Globo headquarters
Photo: Doll91939, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Grupo Globo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡɾu.pu ˈɡlo.bu]; lit. 'Globe Group'), formerly and still legally known as Organizações Globo ([oʁ.ɡa.ni.zaˈsõj̃s ˈɡlo.bu]; lit. 'Globe Organization'), is a Brazilian private entertainment and mass media conglomerate based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1925 by Irineu Marinho, it is the largest media group in Latin America, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates.2

Corporate structure

Grupo Globo sits at the top of its group. 24 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Grupo Globo reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Roberto Marinho in 1925, in Rio de Janeiro.1

The company's first enterprise was the newspaper A Noite. With its success, publishing in the late afternoon, Irineu Marinho decided to launch the morning daily O Globo in 1925. After his sudden death, just weeks after its launch, his son, Roberto Pisani Marinho, became the company's director. Working actively in the media business, Roberto Marinho decided to invest in other areas and launched Radio Globo in 1944. However, the company only became recognizable nationwide after the launching of Rede Globo (now known as TV Globo), the world's second-largest commercial TV network in 1965.

The company is currently run by the sons of Roberto Marinho: Roberto Irineu Marinho, João Roberto Marinho and José Roberto Marinho. In May 2013, a study released by media agency ZenithOptimedia showed Globo occupied the 17th place in a list of the top global media owners. It was the first time the company appeared on this ranking. This ranking remained in 2015, but in 2017 the company's fell to 19th place, and in June of the same year Grupo Globo signed a joint venture deal with Vice Media.

From Wikipedia’s article on Grupo Globo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led Grupo Globo, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • broadcasting

Listed on Wikidata.1

Estúdios Globo

Globo Filmes

From Wikipedia’s article on Grupo Globo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Jan 1, 2020Globo became a subsidiary1
  2. 2001Endemol Shine Brasil became a subsidiary1
  3. Mar 2000Globo.com became a subsidiary1
  4. 1998Globo Filmes became a subsidiary1
  5. 1996Acquired Sky Brasil1
  6. Oct 19, 1991Globosat became a subsidiary1
  7. 1991NET became a subsidiary1
  8. 1985Telemontecarlo became a subsidiary1
  9. Apr 26, 1965TV Globo became a subsidiary1
  10. 1952Editora Globo became a subsidiary1
  11. 1944Sistema Globo de Rádio became a subsidiary1

Timeline

  1. 1925Founded Founded in Rio de Janeiro1

Sources

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