C arlos Alberto Sicupira is a Brazilian billionaire investor and a key partner in the investment firm 3G Capital, alongside his longtime partners Jorge Paulo Lemann and Marcel Herrmann Telles. A former investment banker, he joined Lemann and Telles in their firm, Garantia, in the 1970s. The trio became famous for their aggressive, meritocratic management style, which they applied to the companies they acquired.

Their partnership has been behind some of the largest and most transformative deals in the global consumer and beverage industries. They took control of the Brazilian brewery Brahma and merged it with Antarctica to create AmBev, which later merged with Interbrew and then Anheuser-Busch to form the global beer giant AB InBev. Through their firm 3G Capital, they have also acquired iconic American companies like Burger King (now part of Restaurant Brands International) and Kraft Heinz. Sicupira has been a key strategic player in all of these deals and sits on the boards of the resulting companies. He is also a passionate spearfisherman.