Zero Freitas, 62, may have the world’s largest vinyl record collection.
“Freitas is a wealthy businessman who, since he was a child, has been unable to stop buying records. ‘I’ve gone to therapy for 40 years to try to explain this to myself,’ he said. . . .
“After studying music composition in college, he took over the family business, a private bus line that serves the São Paulo suburbs. By age 30, he had about 30,000 records. About 10 years later, his bus company expanded, making him rich. Not long after that, he split up with his wife, and the pace of his buying exploded. ‘Maybe it’s because I was alone,’ Freitas said. ‘I don’t know.’ He soon had a collection in the six figures; his best guess at a current total is several million albums.” Read the full story here.
