Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Oct 28, 1967(1967-10-28)
Age	57
Birthplace	Fribourg
Country	Switzerland
Birth City	Fribourg
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais Biography

Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on October 28, 1967 in Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland. Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais was born on October 28, 1967 in Fribourg, Switzerland. He is of bi-national heritage. His father is from Angola and his mother is Swiss, coming from an entrepreneurial family. His maternal grand-father was an industrialist in the watch industry and invented the light inside the watch. According to Bastos, his late Angolan grandmother inspired him to establish the African Innovation Foundation in 2009.

In 2009, he founded the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) which aims to support sustainable projects in Africa. The Foundation’s project “Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA)” was launched in 2011 in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). In 2016 the Innovation Prize for Africa celebrated its 5th anniversary, and the AIF signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for cooperation to support African innovators. In February 2017 the AIF signed a MoU with the Botswana Innovation Hub to support innovations in Botswana. In addition to the IPA, the AIF founded the ZuaHub, a platform that connects innovators with resources. By 2017 the IPA had a database of over 6,000 innovators from 51 African countries.

In October 2011 Bastos founded the Kitangana Tennis Project for orphans in Angola. In 2017, his Quantum Global Group sponsored the Muhr Awards for Arab films at the Dubai International Film Festival. In addition, Bastos supports several Universities. He sponsors a research project at the Center of Neuroscience ZNZ, a collaboration between the University of Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH. He also serves on the advisory board of the Event Letterari Monte Verita Festival, the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) and the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business.

In 2012, following a selection procedure, Bastos’ asset management group Quantum Global was awarded the contract to manage the newly created Angolan sovereign wealth fund, the Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA), with fund assets of US$5 billion.

In 2007, Bastos de Morais founded Quantum Global Group. He is Quantum Global’s current Chief Executive Officer. In 2008, Bastos de Morais founded Banco Kwanza Invest, Angola’s first investment bank.

Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais Net Worth

Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais is one of the richest Businessperson from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais (born October 28, 1967 in Fribourg) is a Swiss- Angolan entrepreneur who has founded and led several businesses over the course of his career. Among these are Quantum Global Group, an international investment group with a particular focus on Africa and Banco Kwanza Invest, Angola’s first investment bank.

Bastos studied economics at the University of Fribourg and received a Master of Arts in Management. He financed his studies by starting a regional mergers and acquisitions business that sold small companies. In 1989, Bastos joined Deloitte as a consultant and later Abegglen Management Partners. In 1995, he founded a venture capital company focused on Swiss SMEs.

In 2011, Bastos was convicted together with his partner by a criminal court in Switzerland for “repeated qualified criminal mismanagement”. Both have illegally paid out money in an investment company under their control, which partly lined their own pockets. In 2017 the conviction played a major role in public discussions of his business activities which were uncovered by journalists in the Paradise Papers.

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After the High Court in London had legally confirmed the contracts between Quantum Global and FSDEA, Bastos was taken into pre-trial detention in Angola in the autumn of 2018 on the charge that he had enriched himself with state property. The media saw the arrest as an attempt by Angola to exert pressure on Quantum Global and Bastos. In March 2019, Angola and Quantum Global reached a settlement. Angola prematurely recovered the assets managed by Quantum Global and dropped all charges against Bastos and Quantum Global. In Mauritius, the account freezes were lifted and the tax authorities renewed Quantum Global’s licenses. Quantum Global withdrew a claim for damages against the FSDEA in London. When the settlement was reached, Bastos was released from pre-trial detention in March 2019.

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Top Facts about Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais

1. Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais was born on 28 October 1967 in Fribourg, Switzerland.
2. He is of bi-national heritage with an Angolan father and a Swiss mother.
3. Bastos founded Quantum Global Group, an international asset management company and Banco Kwanza Invest, Angola’s first investment bank in 2008.
4. He was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2013 and 2017.
5. Bastos founded the African Innovation Foundation in 2009 with the goal to promote sustainable projects in Africa.
6. The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) established the Innovation Prize for Africa to honor African entrepreneurs and innovators with investment and business development support.
7. Bastos is also the founder of the hybrid innovation hub, Fábrica de Sabão, in Angola.
8. He was elected an international council member at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs in 2017.
9. He founded the Kitangana Tennis Project for orphans in Angola in 2011.
10. In 2015, Quantum Global became a member of the Forest Stewardship Council.
11. The African Law Library, founded by Bastos in 2013, offers access to legal documents, law texts, and court cases from African countries.
12. Bastos was convicted in 2011 for “repeated qualified criminal mismanagement”.
13. His asset management group, Quantum Global, was awarded the contract to manage the newly created Angolan sovereign wealth fund, the Fundo Soberano de Angola, with US$5 billion assets in 2012.
14. Bastos was taken into pre-trial detention in Angola in 2018 due to claims of misusing the Angolan sovereign wealth fund for his own investments.
15. In March 2019, Angola and Quantum Global reached a settlement and Bastos was released from pre-trial detention.