Ozires Silva (born January 8, 1931) is the founder of Embraer and a famous Brazilian entrepreneur. Ozires was born in Bauru–São Paulo state. He graduated on Escola de Aeronáutica do Campo dos Afonsos (Rio de Janeiro) as a military pilot. He then served the Brazilian Air Force for 4 years in the Amazon rainforest region. Ozires Silva was the first witness to report the May 19th, , when he was flying on an executive Xingu turbo-prop plane. He is currently dean of , a private university in Brazil.