In the biography “Bricks of Good”, billionaire Elie Horn defends philanthropy

By Guilherme Mattoso

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At the beginning of July, we had a lot of media coverage with the launch of “Tijolos do Bem”, a biography of Elie Horn, businessman and philanthropist, founder of Cyrela and Movimento Bem Maior. An example of the coverage is the article written by Cláudio Gradilone in Forbes Brasil, available at the link below.

Edited by Saria Sarue and published by Editora e Livraria Sêfer, the work presents Horn's life story, highlighting his spiritual journey and work as a philanthropist.

“The book is about doing good,” he told Forbes. “Good is the essence of life, if we don’t do good, our life has no meaning.”

Read the full article here.

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