Paulo Machado de Carvalho (9 November 1901 ? 7 March 1992), was a Brazilian businessman , journalist and football chairman.

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Graduated from Faculdade do Largo Sao Francisco , Paulo Machado de Carvalho assumed a prominent position in the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution , where he was patron and founder of Radio Sociedade Record , based near Praca da Republica . He participated in the first radio news broadcasts in Brazil alongside Assis Chateaubriand . In 1944, he acquired Radio Panamericana, now Jovem Pan . In 1953, he participated in the founding of Rede Record television. Carvalho was the first businessman to organize a media conglomerate in Brazil, years before Roberto Marinho and Grupo Globo . ^[1]

Paulo Machado de Carvalho also worked in his sporting career, being part of the board of Sao Paulo FC since 1934, and being elected president in 1940 and 1947. He was also the head of the Brazil national football team delegation in the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups . ^[2] responsible for making Brazil's blue away shirt official, chosen by him to be worn in the final against Sweden in 1958 because it represents the mantle of Our Lady of Aparecida , the country's patron saint. Its name gives the official name of the Estadio do Pacaembu since 1961. ^{[3] [4]}

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