About me
Alcione Albanesi is a businesswoman and the founder of a leading company in the national lighting market. In 1993, she started Amigos do Bem, which is now one of the largest social institutions in Brazil, regularly assisting 150,000 people in the northeastern backlands, one of the most underprivileged regions in the country, through life-changing projects.
The creator of a “Sustainable Social Development Model,” which generates work and income for thousands of people and provides education to over 10,000 children and young people in the backlands, Alcione leads the largest group of active volunteers in the country. She believes transformation is possible and that everyone can become a multiplier of good.
Alcione is the first «Leadership with Impact,» appointed by the UN Global Compact Brazil, as a representative of Sustainable Development Goal 1 – No Poverty. She is also a prominent figure in female and social entrepreneurship in Brazil and the recipient of numerous awards, including Executivo de Valor from Valor Econômico for Social Entrepreneurship, Empreendedora Social from Folha de São Paulo, Entrepreneur of the Year from Ernst & Young, Projeto Generosidade from Editora Globo, and Melhores & Maiores from Revista Exame in the Social Entrepreneur category, among others.
She has been honored with the titles of Citizen of Pernambuco and Ceará for her transformative impact on thousands of families in northeastern Brazil. Additionally, she was recognized as one of the 500 most influential personalities in Latin America by Bloomberg Brazil.