Josué Gomes da Silva

Josué Gomes da Silva

Chairman and CEO, Coteminas
Biography

Biography

Josué Christiano Gomes da Silva is Chairman and CEO of Companhia de Tecidos Norte de Minas—Coteminas, the biggest textile group in Latin America. Springs Global, a company controlled by Coteminas, is the worldwide leader in the towels and bedding segment, with sales of $2 billion and with industries in several countries in North America. He is also President of the Institute of Studies for Industrial Development and the former President of the Brazilian Association of Textile and Clothing Industries. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG (MG, Brazil), in addition to earning his law degree from Faculdade Milton Campos (MG, Brazil) and a Master of Business Administration from the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, where he received the Founder's Medal in recognition for his academic achievement.

Education

MBA, Vanderbilt, 1989