He graduated at the Universidade de Brasília and then specialized in Business Administration at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas.

Brandão Vilela's degree in economics from the University of Brasilia (UNB), majoring in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

He is one of the sons of the former senator Teôtonio Vilela, and was one of the founders of the PSDB.

In 1997, Vilela was made a Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).

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