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Journalist · Internationalist · Anchor at Times Brasil | CNBC
Journalism that crosses borders.
More than a decade translating geopolitics and the global economy for Brazilian audiences — from leading SBT's International desk to the anchor chair at the world's foremost business news brand.
Profile
Renan de Souza is a Brazilian journalist and internationalist, an anchor at Times Brasil | CNBC — the exclusive licensee of the world's leading business news brand. Fronting programmes such as Fast Money, he connects the movements of international markets to the decisions that shape everyday life in Brazil.
Before CNBC, he was an international affairs analyst at CNN Brasil — where he made his mark with more than eight uninterrupted hours of live coverage as the war in Ukraine began — and, for over a decade, head of SBT's International desk, steering coverage of the elections, conflicts and summits that redrew the global chessboard.
He holds an MA in International Relations from Goldsmiths, University of London, as a Chevening Scholar of the British Government, is the author of the best-seller Private Military Companies and the Outsourcing of War, published in three languages, and has twice been recognised by the UN-backed MIPAD initiative among the 100 most influential people of African descent in the world — in 2020 and again in 2024.
Career
Chosen for the channel's founding team of anchors, delivering more than 15 hours of daily live journalism devoted to the economy, business and international affairs.
Live analysis of the world's defining events — including a marathon of more than eight uninterrupted hours on air as the war in Ukraine began.
Led the International desk of one of Brazil's main broadcasters, shaping the coverage of conflicts, summits and elections across the globe.
UN Delegate for Sustainable Development (2018), Brazil's representative at the 1st BRICS Youth Conference in Kazan, Russia (2015), and delegate at the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi (2017). In 2020, he moderated a panel of global Black leaders during MIPAD Recognition Week.
MA in International Relations as a Chevening Scholar of the British Government, selected from 60,000 candidates worldwide; degrees in Journalism from the Methodist University of São Paulo and in International Relations from FAAP.
Awards and Recognition
Named for the second time among the 100 most influential people of African descent under 40, at a ceremony held in New York.
First recognition on the global list, in the Media & Culture category, in support of the UN's International Decade for People of African Descent.
Excellence in Communication Award, granted by the body that brings together Europe's national tourism organisations.
Governor Enrique Tomás Cresto Award — the youngest recipient in its history, in recognition of his contribution to Latin America's development.
Selected for the Media Co-Ops programme, aimed at journalists of international standing.
Selected from 60,000 candidates worldwide for the UK's flagship programme, which develops future global leaders.
Moments
The Book · Published in three languages
Born of Renan's academic research in London, the book investigates the rise of private military companies and what the outsourcing of war means for state sovereignty and the future of conflict. A best-seller in the international politics category, it has been published in Portuguese, English and Spanish, with a foreword by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Óscar Arias Sánchez.
When war becomes a market, who answers for its consequences? — The book's central question
In the Press
Honoured in New York among the world's 100 most influential Black people, on a UN-backed list.
Read (PT) →On MIPAD's global list alongside major cultural figures, and tasked with moderating a panel of global Black leaders.
Read (PT) →"Benchmarks of a new generation of Brazilian journalists", in the words of CNBC's CEO in Brazil.
Read (PT) →After the UN award, a stated goal: inspiring young Black people to forge their own paths.
Read (PT) →Brazil's leading news magazine highlighted his UN award among the world's 100 most influential people of African descent.
Read (PT) →A dedicated entry charts his path as one of the influential voices of international journalism in Brazil.
View entry →Coverage
Front pages and features from news outlets that have followed Renan's journey — from international awards to his arrival at Times Brasil | CNBC.
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Contact
For speaking invitations, interviews, editorial projects or international communications consultancy, please get in touch. Strategic advisory through Azuos International Advisory.