João Doria

João Agripino da Costa Doria Júnior (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w aɡɾiˈpinu da ˈkɔstɐ ˈdɔɾi.ɐ ˈʒuni.oʁ]; born 16 December 1957) is a Brazilian politician, businessman and journalist who served as Governor of São Paulo, from January 2019 to April 2022. He previously served as the 52nd Mayor of São Paulo from 1 January 2017 to his resignation on 16 December 2018. He was the first mayor in 24 years to be elected in the first round. Doria was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), and is known for having hosted the TV show O Aprendiz, a Brazilian version of The Apprentice. Doria resigned the office of mayor in April 2018 to run for Governor of São Paulo.

Early life

João Agripino da Costa Doria Júnior was born in São Paulo, the son of an advertising professional and federal deputy João Doria and businesswoman Maria Sylvia Vieira de Moraes Dias. From his paternal family, he is a descendant of the aristocratic Doria family of Genoa, specifically the Costa Doria Family branch, that migrated to Colonial Brazil in 1549, and become one of the richest in Bahia, owing its wealth to the ownership of Engenhos and slaves. With the economic stagnation of Northeastern Brazil in the 18th century, the family lost most of its former wealth. His great uncle was the jurist and life-long abolitionist Ruy Barbosa.