Felipe Neto - Youtuber
Age: 37
Country: Brazil Occupations:
Youtuber
Felipe Neto Rodrigues Vieira is a highly influential Brazilian YouTuber, businessman, actor, comedian, writer, and philanthropist.
💻 YouTube Career and Influence
Neto is one of the most prominent figures on YouTube in Brazil, with tens of millions of subscribers and billions of accumulated views. He became the first Brazilian YouTuber to reach one million subscribers in 2012. While his content initially focused on comedic celebrity commentary and vlogging, his videos now generally focus on general entertainment. He is the older brother of fellow YouTuber Luccas Neto.
🚀 Entrepreneurship and Activism
Business: He founded Paramaker, a YouTube network business that aimed to professionalize the online video market in Brazil, which he later sold in 2015 to focus on his channel. He also co-founded Play9, a digital intelligence hub.
Activism: Neto has increasingly used his platform to engage with social and political causes, becoming a prominent voice in favor of democracy in Brazil. He founded the VERO Institute, an organization focused on digital education and combating fake news. He was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020 for his work.
Felipe Neto: Communicator and Digital Influencer - United Nations Sustainable Development discusses his transition from entertainment to social and political advocacy.