Businessman denies ties to the bank; messages show appreciation for luxury watch sent by Daniel Vorcaro
Businessman Nelson Tanure was named in investigations related to . The (Federal Police) identified him as a “hidden partner” of the institution in investigations linked to the bank’s founder, Daniel Vorcaro. Tanure denies any corporate ties with the bank.
According to messages analyzed by investigators, an imported Duomètre model, from the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand, valued at up to R$1 million.
Known for investing in companies in crisis and leading restructuring processes, Nelson Sequeiros Rodriguez Tanure was born in 1951, in Salvador (BA). He graduated in Business Administration from UFBA (Federal University of Bahia) in 1974.
The business trajectory gained prominence from the 1980s onwards, when it began to acquire stakes in companies experiencing financial difficulties. One of the first moves was the purchase of a stake in Sequip, an engineering company focused on the oil industry in Rio de Janeiro.
In 1986, he became the owner of the Emaq shipyard, which was then in bankruptcy. During the same period, he also became a partner in companies in the oil sector abroad, such as Comex, from France, and Hydrospace, from Canada.
Still in the 1980s, he joined the group of shareholders of CGEE Alsthom, a French company specializing in equipment for hydroelectric plants. In the 1990s, it took control of the Verolme shipyard, in Rio de Janeiro, which was also facing bankruptcy proceedings.
Among the best-known investments are stakes in Oi, through the investor Société Mondiale, and in the developer Gafisa. Tanure entered Oi’s capital in 2016, when the company was facing a serious financial crisis and went into judicial recovery. At Gafisa, he joined the board of directors in 2019 and participated in the company’s capital increase.
In the communications sector, he became known for acquiring, in 2000, Jornal do Brasil, which was going through a financial crisis. Later he also leased Gazeta Mercantil, a traditional economic press outlet.
In the telecommunications area, he participated in the operation that led to the merger of Intelig with TIM. Tanure had acquired Intelig for around R$10 million, assuming debts of approximately R$130 million, and sold the company about a year later for approximately R$650 million.
TANURE AND MASTER
In January 2026, Tanure had her cell phone seized in a phase of the operation investigating the Master. The PF investigates whether the businessman would be the “final recipient” of suspicious funds moved through the Vorcaro network.
The businessman said he had relations “strictly commercial” with Banco Master, as a customer or investor. Tanure stated that the relationships involved financial investments, credit operations, fund management and acquisition of equity interests.
There was never, according to him, any “management interference or knowledge of other internal operations of these institutions”.
