Nicolau Esteves

Chairman at AFYA LIMITED

Net worth: 146 M $ as of 2026-06-29

43 year

Consumer Services

Profile

Nicolau Carvalho Esteves was the founder of Afya Participações SA, founded in 2016, where the title held was Co-Chairman from 2016 to 2019.
Current jobs include Co-Chairman at Afya Ltd. since 2019 and Director at Emive Participaçoes SA since 2024.
Former jobs include Chief Executive Officer at Instituto Tocantinense Presidente Antônio Carlos SA from 1999 to 2016, Chief Executive Officer at IPTAN - Instituto de Ensino Superior Presidente Tancredo from 2003 to 2016, Chief Executive Officer at ITPAC Porto Nacional - Instituto Tocantinense Presidente from 1999 to 2016, and Chief Executive Officer at Instituto de Educação Superior do Vale do Parnaíba SA from 2016 to 2018.
Education history includes graduate studies at Fundação Dom Cabral, MBA at Getulio Vargas Foundation, undergraduate studies at Associacao Internacional De Educacao Continuada, MBA at Faculdade de Estudos Administrativos, and undergraduate studies at Faculdade De Medicina De Barbacena.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
AFYA LIMITED CLASS A 11.45%	2026-03-30	5,335,295 ( 11.45% )	79 M $	2026-06-29
AFYA LIMITED CLASS B 9.82%	2026-03-30	4,500,000 ( 9.82% )	67 M $	2026-06-29

Nicolau Esteves active positions

Companies	Position	Start
AFYA LIMITED	Chairman	2019-06-30

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Former positions of Nicolau Esteves

Companies	Position	End
Afya Participações SA Afya Participações SA Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates as a holding company whose subsidiaries operates medical educational institutions and provides digital healthcare services	Founder	2019-11-30
Instituto de Educação Superior do Vale do Parnaíba SA	Chief Executive Officer	2017-12-31
Instituto Tocantinense Presidente Antônio Carlos SA	Chief Executive Officer	2015-12-31
ITPAC Porto Nacional - Instituto Tocantinense Presidente	Chief Executive Officer	2015-12-31
IPTAN - Instituto de Ensino Superior Presidente Tancredo IPTAN - Instituto de Ensino Superior Presidente Tancredo Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Chief Executive Officer	2015-12-31

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Private companies	11
Fundação Dom Cabral Fundação Dom Cabral Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Getulio Vargas Foundation Getulio Vargas Foundation Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Instituto Tocantinense Presidente Antônio Carlos SA
Associacao Internacional De Educacao Continuada Associacao Internacional De Educacao Continuada Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Faculdade de Estudos Administrativos Faculdade de Estudos Administrativos Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Afya Participações SA Afya Participações SA Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates as a holding company whose subsidiaries operates medical educational institutions and provides digital healthcare services	Consumer Services
IPTAN - Instituto de Ensino Superior Presidente Tancredo IPTAN - Instituto de Ensino Superior Presidente Tancredo Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Afya Ltd. Afya Ltd. Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates medical graduate schools	Consumer Services
ITPAC Porto Nacional - Instituto Tocantinense Presidente
Instituto de Educação Superior do Vale do Parnaíba SA
Faculdade De Medicina De Barbacena Faculdade De Medicina De Barbacena Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services