One of the most successful entrepreneurs in Brazil, Batista has faced an onslaught in the media, as if everyone is wringing their hands joyfully over his declining fortunes. It's billionaire status ...

Former billionaire Eike Batista is facing his first official sanctions from the collapse of his billion-dollar empire. The New York Times reported Wednesday that Brazil's securities regulator charged ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE- In this Nov. 18, 2014, file photo, former billionaire Eike Batista, a Brazilian tycoon once named No. 7 on Forbes' list of ...

Eike Batista, the former mining and oil magnate who was once Brazil's richest man, was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison for bribing Rio de Janeiro state's disgraced ex-governor, according ...

OGX, the Brazilian oil company controlled by former billionaire Eike Batista, sought court protection from creditors on Wednesday in Latin America's largest-ever corporate bankruptcy filing. The ...

A Brazilian appeals court confirmed Tuesday the removal of a judge from an insider dealing case against Eike Batista, setting the stage for a likely retrial. The court system’s inspector general, ...

It would be better if he were trying to lose weight. But Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista doesn't need to lose weight. He's looking pretty good at 56. At least on the outside. On the inside, the man ...

Once known as Brazil's richest man, Eike Batista has had the biggest drop in net worth of any other billionaire to date. It is estimated that his wealth peaked at $30 billion in 2012, but Batista ...

Eike Batista, the Brazilian tycoon who at one time was the world’s eighth-richest person before losing his fortune and serving time in jail, says he’s raised $500 million for a new venture to produce ...

The imprisonment of former billionaire Eike Batista on corruption charges is fueling much schadenfreude in Brazil. Social media memes proliferate imagining life behind bars for the famously flamboyant ...

Eike Batista, once Brazil's richest man, has earned himself the rare title of "negative billionaire." According to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index, Batista, who was worth $35 billion in 2012, now owes ...