Estácio S.A.

Estácio Participações S.A.

Type	Sociedade Anônima
Traded as	BM&F Bovespa: ESTC3
Industry	Higher education
Founded	1970
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Key people	Antonio Carlos A. Ribeiro Bonchristiano, (Chairman) Eduardo Alcalay, (CEO)
Revenue	US$ 732.5 million (2013)^[1]
Net income	US$ 103.5 million (2013)^[2]
Number of employees	13,548
Website	www.estacio.br

Estácio is a private educational company focused in the universities sector founded in 1970 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

It is named after the Portuguese knight and military officer Estácio de Sá, who was the founder of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is Brazil's second largest university with over 311,900 students in 57 campuses around the country, 39 of which are located in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

Estácio is the second largest higher education company in Brazil by number of students and revenues, after Kroton Educacional.

The soccer club Universidade Estácio de Sá Futebol Clube is owned by the university.

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Ibovespa companies of Brazil (as of September 1, 2014)

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