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Dirce Navarro de Camargo, Brazil’s Wealthiest Woman, Dies

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Dirce Navarro de Camargo, who became Brazil’s richest woman after inheriting the Camargo Correa SA industrial conglomerate, has died. She was 100.

Camargo died April 20, according to a spokesman, who asked not to be identified, citing company policy. He didn’t provide additional details. Her age was disclosed by an executive close to the family who asked not to be named because the matter is private. She controlled a fortune valued at $13.8 billion, making her the 62nd-richest person in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.