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João Paulo Valli is a Brazilian born international investor and beverages expert. He is a co-founder and CEO of Champagne GDD Chapuy (Gout de Diamants Chapuy), as well as a former member of Wall Street - ranked Beverages and Consumer research teams.

Prior to joining Champagne GDD Chapuy, João was a financial entrepreneur leading multi million dollar international M&A deals. João’s expertise in Beverage companies comes from over 20 years of experience within the wine & spirits industry, leading Investment Banks and Investment Research Houses from Wall Street to the City of London.

Career
João Valli´s interest in Beverages began in 1997 whilst living in the French Alsace region. During that time, João had the opportunity to live within and experience the wine industry, conducted research on and having visited several wine houses, caves, and producers of all sizes, in regions such as Chile´s Maipo and Casablanca Valleys, California´s Napa Valley and Central Coast, Uruguay´s Canelones and Maldonado, and several visits to France´s Champagne region, giving him invaluable first-person knowledge of high-quality wines and spirits. Alsace Rieslings and Gerwurtzraminers, Bourgognes, Bordeaux and Graves became some of his favourite wines after several in-depth experiences and research within these leading wine regions.

After all research and studies in the beverage industry, focusing in the winemaking, João founded a new brand ultra luxury champagne company which would later been know as “Gout de Diamants” Chapuy.

Early Life
João was born in Brasilia Brazil, the first of two children in a middle-class household. During his formative years, João studied at leading private schools on a mix of scholarships and grants. High school was split between Brazil, USA and France, where he graduated and passed his Baccalauréat ES. Back in Brazil, he attended the University of Brasilia studying Economics, where he was monitor of Finance and Econometrics.

João has spent over 20 years residing in multiple countries and experiencing different lifestyles and business practices. In France and the USA he was an entrepreneur who lived in small towns and villages intimately integrated into the community and incorporated into his culture. In China, he was a professor of English while he was a year back from his career. In Singapore, John studied his MBA at INSEAD, which led to another period in France. João moved to London to consolidate a career in Investment Banking and later to Brazil to create and manage a multitude of successful companies and ventures.

In London he initially worked with ‘Institutional Investor’ #1-Ranked Beverages team at Sanford C. Bernstein. Between 2007 and 2010 his team published hundreds of industry leading and market moving research notes with fundamental analyses of all major beverages market around the world, most notably the USA, Russia, China, Brazil, France and the UK. He was subsequently headhunted by UBS to help build out the Leisure and Entertainment research team, before being poached by BofA Merrill Lynch to join their All-Consumer research team.

At BofA Merrill Lynch, he worked with consumer companies such as Nestlé, ABInBev, Heineken, Danone and Pepsi, while advising some of the world's largest institutional investors about their positions in this consumer segment. During his career, João Paulo Valli had the opportunity to analyse multi-billion dollar deals such as:


 * InBev – Anheuser Busch (USD 52 billion)
 * SAB Miller – Fosters (USD 12.3 billion)
 * Pernod Ricard – Absolut (USD 8.3 billion)
 * Heineken – FEMSA (USD 5.7 billion)
 * Diageo – Mey Icky (GBP 1.3 billion)
 * Rémy Cointreau sale of Piper Heidsieck to EPI (EUR 412 million)

After his career as an Investment Banking analyst in the Beverages sector, João moved back to Brazil to become a fulltime investor and entrepreneur. After several ventures and successful deals, João decided to revisit his life long passion: luxury wines and champagnes. He joined forces with his former European Investment community and London based Private Equity Investor Tim Adedeji to stage a takeover of the ultra luxury Champagne brand ‘Gout de Diamants’ Chapuy (GDD Chapuy).

Business Ventures
As an Entrepreneur in Brazil, João Valli founded and ran the following companies:
 * 2011: Sigel Capital
 * 2012: Sigel Holding and Sigel Asset Management
 * 2013: Sensimob
 * 2014: Vallum3
 * 2015: Vallum3Finance
 * 2015: Legado Asset Management (www.legado.com.br)
 * 2017: Legado Consultoria de Valores Mobiliarios

While founding and running these companies in Brazil, he also co-founded and ran the following companies internationally:
 * 2011: GDD Chapuy (UK – France)
 * 2015: Finerd (British Virgin Islands)

Personal Life
João spends most of his time between London and in Brazil, where his family resides. He dedicates time to his businesses and clients, but personal time is dedicated to his wife and daughter. He also enjoys playing footvolley occasionally, swimming, running and weight training.