With 35 years of existence, the Global Management Challenge is present in over 30 countries and has involved half a million people. In August 1979, Expresso weekly reported the launch of Gestão 80, The Great Business Game. After 35 years, this Portuguese competition now takes place in more than 30 countries and has involved half a million people. In the late 70s, when Luis Alves Costa, president of SDG, and Francisco Pinto Balsemão, chairman of Grupo Impresa, decided to create Global Management Challenge, they couldn’t have imagined what this competition would later become. The first Portuguese edition began with 120 teams, and today more than 400 teams take part. Internationalization began with Brazil in 1981, and currently covers more than 30 countries, including China and the United Arab Emirates.
