# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gracas-foster
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:19:32.436Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gracas-foster"
name: "Graças Foster"
slug: "gracas-foster"
description: "Maria das Graças Foster, commonly known as Graça Foster, is a Brazilian business executive and chemical engineer. She was the CEO of Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil, Brazil's state-controlled oil company, which is located in Rio de Janeiro. She was the first woman in the world to head a major oil-and-gas company. In April 2012, she was listed on the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In 2014, she was recognized as the 16th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine. She was ranked by Fortune in 2013 as \"the Most Powerful Woman in Business\" for the second year in a row."
tagline: "Brazilian manager"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PETROBRAS_APRESENTA_DEMONSTRA%C3%87%C3%95ES_CONT%C3%81BEIS_N%C3%83O-_REVISADAS_DO_3%C2%BA_TRIMESTRE_DE_2014_(15778028283)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1953-08-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.43
  momentum:             1.52619589977221
  historical:           14.95154933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra%C3%A7a_Foster"
    title: "Graça Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "جراكاس فوستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_das_Gra%C3%A7as_Silva_Foster"
    title: "Maria das Graças Silva Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_das_Gra%C3%A7as_Foster"
    title: "Maria das Graças Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra%C3%A7as_Foster"
    title: "Graças Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_das_Gra%C3%A7as_Silva_Foster"
    title: "Maria das Graças Silva Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ماریا داس گراکاس سیلوا فاستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_das_Gra%C3%A7as_Foster"
    title: "Maria das Graças Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_das_Gra%C3%A7as_Silva_Foster"
    title: "Maria das Graças Silva Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_das_Gra%C3%A7as_Silva_Foster"
    title: "Maria das Graças Silva Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_das_Gra%C3%A7as_Foster"
    title: "Maria das Graças Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra%C3%A7a_Foster"
    title: "Graça Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra%C3%A7as_Foster"
    title: "Graças Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra%C3%A7a_Foster"
    title: "Graça Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra%C3%A7a_Foster"
    title: "Graça Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra%C3%A7a_Foster"
    title: "Graça Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra%C3%A7a_Foster"
    title: "Graça Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra%C3%A7a_Foster"
    title: "Graça Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra%C3%A7a_Foster"
    title: "Graça Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440626"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump