Founded the Banco do Brasil (second iteration) and established banks in Uruguay and England. The Conflict with the Empire

Irineu started as a clerk in a Rio de Janeiro trading house.

The series traces the meteoric rise and eventual fall of Brazil's first great entrepreneur. The Rise of an Empire

His vision often clashed with the agrarian, slave-owning elite and the centralist policies of Emperor Dom Pedro II.

Mauá is often cited as a visionary who was "ahead of his time." His life story serves as a lens through which to view: