Ernesto Igel (27 November 1893 – 24 January 1966) was an Austrian entrepreneur and founder of the company Empresa Brasileira de Gáz a Domilicio Ltda, the first Brazilian gas distribution network of fuel for cooking equipment (LPG).

Born to a family of merchants in Vienna, Austria, Igel was the eldest of five children.

He then established the company Ernesto Igel & Cia., an importer of tableware, sanitary metals, stoves and heaters for use with pipeline gas.

During his trips to Europe, Igel got to work with the then-new gas bottling technology for domestic use.

[8] On 30 August 1937, Igel founded Empresa Brasileira de Gáz a Domicílio Ltda.