Fundação Getulio Vargas

FGV
Río de Janeiro, Brazil

Private not-for-profit research and higher education institution (and Think Tank) (created in 1944) whose mission is to stimulate and contribute to Brazil’s socioeconomic development. Its main activities include conducting innovative research of high social impact, offering graduate and undergraduate courses, and publishing and retailing scientific journals and books. The Schools and Research Centers at FGV are academically and operationally fully independent units. Each year, these units with their 716 researchers are responsible for producing hundreds of articles and other academic texts which serve as a basis for public debates among researchers and representatives of the public and private sectors.

Contact details

Website:
https://portal.fgv.br/

Address:
Praia de Botafogo, 190, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brasil, 22250-900

Country:
Brazil

Sub-region:
South America

Organisation details

Business model
University institute/center
Institutional affiliations
No affiliation
Year founded
1944
Age (years)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
81 
Brazil average
 32
Global average
 32
Founded by
Founders: Brazilian Federal Government, through the president of the Administrative Department of Public Service, Mr. Luiz Simões Lopes.
Founder gender: All male
Leadership
Leader(s) (2025): Mr. Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, president
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2024): Mr. Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, president
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2023): Mr. Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, president
Leader gender: Male
Staff size
2025
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 42
Brazil average
 44
Global average
 87
2023
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 3,288
2019
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 2,920
% Female staff
2025
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 19%
Brazil average
 50%
Global average
 50%
2023
Fundação Getulio Vargas
5,146% 

Organisational performance

Publications
2024
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 1,240
Brazil average
 51
Global average
 58
2023
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 1,314
2022
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 1,251
Financials
2022
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 $353,420
Brazil average
 $3,418,711
Global average
 $7,838,482,074
2018
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 $343,603,982

Social

Likes (2023)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 44,119
Brazil average
 47,084
Global average
 26,974
Likes (2022)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 44,210
Likes (2021)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 44,656
Followers (2025)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 3,914
Brazil average
 15,184
Global average
 20,551
Followers (2024)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 4,065
Followers (2022)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 90,747
Subscribers (2025)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 3,530
Brazil average
 10,876
Global average
 7,746
Subscribers (2024)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 3,400
Subscribers (2023)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 275
Instagram
Followers (2023)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 324,000
Brazil average
 34,062
Global average
 10,928
Followers (2022)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 276,866
Followers (2021)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 207,267
Followers (2025)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 44,575
Brazil average
 18,816
Global average
 16,415
Followers (2024)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 44,000
Followers (2023)
Fundação Getulio Vargas
 43,380

Data notes

Last updated: 16/02/2025
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : OTT reviewed
Data sources consulted: Information supplied by organisation, Organisation´s website
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