 He holds a master's degree in economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and is fluent in five languages.From 1987 to 2003 he was an antiquarian bookseller in São Paulo and Sotheby's representative in that city from 1986 to 2012.He has also been active as a trustee of the São Paulo Biennale since 1992, and as a full member of Brazil's Historic and Geographic Institute (IHGB) since 2008.