José Eduardo Fragoso Tavares de Bettencourt, also known as "JEB", is a Portuguese banker, he was currently 47th President of Portuguese sports club, Sporting Clube de Portugal, the eldest of three sons of José Manuel de Barros de Bettencourt and his wife Maria Margarida Morujão Fragoso Tavares.
Background
Married in Lisbon on 29 June 1985 to Maria João de Santa Marta Granger Rodrigues (born Lisbon, 15 November 1960), daughter of Engineer José Eugénio Rodrigues and Maria Teresa de Jesus de Santa Marta Granger, of French descent, and with five children (Duarte Maria, Rita Maria, Maria Teresa, António Maria and José Manuel Rodrigues de Bettencourt), began his career at Citibank by the year 1991, and in 1992 becomes part of the Barclays Bank (Commercial Director, Private Banking).
Career
Licentiated in Economics from the New University of Lisbon (1983), and that the following year ended the Postgraduate European Economics, Catholic University of Portugal. In 1997, assumes the portfolio of Private Banking within the same group. In 2001 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Group in Portugal Santader integrating, since then, several prominent places.
After three years, is managing director of Sporting.SAD beyond mainstream Banco Santander Totta Management from the merger (December 2004) with the Human Resources Branch.
In an interview in January 2008 had already left the warning: "Pulse, Sporting and I will suffer for the rest of my life. And maybe not die without being President".
On 5 July 2009 turned his dream into reality. Membership Number. 9472 (since 22 August 1980) currently chairman of Sporting Clube de Portugal, after winning the elections with over 89% of the vote, defeating Paulo Pereira Cristóvao
On 15 January 2011 José Eduardo Bettencourt resigns as President Of Sporting Clube de Portugal.
Membership
In 1993, was to become a Member of the Executive Board of the Brain–computer interface (Group Santander Portugal), being mainly responsible for the retail network. In 2006, it became Vice-President of the Board of Sporting Clube de Portugal (non-executive) and the bank making it would be Member of the Executive Board with the Branch Network Private and Business, Corporate, Private and Human Resources"South, position would take to become President of Sporting Clube de Portugal, the Board of Sporting.SAD and all companies that make up the so-called Group Sporting.