The name of Henry Dubugrasa young 27yearold Brazilian millionaire, was on the rise this Friday morning, the 6th, after it was announced that he had “closed” part of it Fernando de Noronha get married on Saturday the 7th.
Henrique is one of the founders of Brex, a company that offers credit cards and points programs for startups. The businessman entered the Forbes billionaires list in 2022 at number 1,929, but left the list in 2023.
The young man is going to marry the software developer Laura Fiuza. In December 2021, Henrique posted on X (formerly Twitter) a picture of the marriage proposal, which was made in Cape Town, South Africa. “She said yes,” he wrote.
There is not much information about Laura on the internet, but according to her Facebook profile, she is from São Paulo and currently lives in San Francisco, USA, with Henrique.
She graduated from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and soon enrolled in a master’s degree in computer science at Stanford University possibly where she met Henrique, who began the course but did not complete it. A post on Facebook states that she and the businessman have been together since 2018.
According to a 2018 publication, Henrique Dubugras and Laura Fiuza began dating earlier that year. Photo: Screen Reproduction/Facebook/Henrique Dubugras
According to Linkedin, Laura has already worked for three companies in the Silicon Valley: Y Combinator, Replit and OpenSea the latter is a marketplace for NFTs and crypto assets. It is unclear where she currently works. The young woman’s profile on Instagram is closed.
According to information from the Metrópoles portal, Henrique and Laura isolated tourist resorts and inns in Fernando de Noronha for the ceremony. Forte dos Remédios, for example, closed on September 30th and will not reopen until October 9th according to G1. On the website, the management of the consortium that manages the site said that maintenance work was being carried out on the fortress and a closed event was being held.
According to reports, around 400 to 600 people were invited to the lavish event, which was said to be the largest of its kind ever held on the island. Among the names listed for participation was Bill Gatesbut work on the Fernando de Noronha airstrip caused the billionaire to abandon the trip, according to local press blog Ricado Antunes.
To liven up the party, it is speculated that Henrique hired important people like the band Maroon 5 and that DJ Alok. According to O Globo, it is estimated that the total expenditure on the celebration exceeds R$10 million.