<p>Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is set to meet with billionaire Elon Musk on Friday, according to a government source.</p>.<p>The meeting will be held in Sao Paulo, a source with the Brazilian president's office told AFP, without giving any details on what will be on the agenda.</p>.<p>Earlier, Bolsonaro said that he had planned a private meeting in Sao Paulo "with a very important person who is recognised throughout the world."</p>.<p>"He is coming to offer his help for our Amazon," the president said in his weekly social media broadcast, without naming Musk.</p>.<p>Currently the CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla, Musk is the richest person in the world, with a fortune estimated at $220 billion, according to Forbes magazine.</p>.<p>The entrepreneur attracted worldwide attention when he announced last month that he planned to buy Twitter in a deal worth $44 billion dollars.</p>.<p>The Brazilian government said in November that they were negotiating with SpaceX to secure satellite internet in the Amazon rainforest and to get help in detecting illegal deforestation.</p>.<p>In a bid to provide high-speed internet around the world, especially to underserved areas, SpaceX has launched thousands of its own Starlink satellites orbit, with many more launches already planned.</p>
<p>Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is set to meet with billionaire Elon Musk on Friday, according to a government source.</p>.<p>The meeting will be held in Sao Paulo, a source with the Brazilian president's office told AFP, without giving any details on what will be on the agenda.</p>.<p>Earlier, Bolsonaro said that he had planned a private meeting in Sao Paulo "with a very important person who is recognised throughout the world."</p>.<p>"He is coming to offer his help for our Amazon," the president said in his weekly social media broadcast, without naming Musk.</p>.<p>Currently the CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla, Musk is the richest person in the world, with a fortune estimated at $220 billion, according to Forbes magazine.</p>.<p>The entrepreneur attracted worldwide attention when he announced last month that he planned to buy Twitter in a deal worth $44 billion dollars.</p>.<p>The Brazilian government said in November that they were negotiating with SpaceX to secure satellite internet in the Amazon rainforest and to get help in detecting illegal deforestation.</p>.<p>In a bid to provide high-speed internet around the world, especially to underserved areas, SpaceX has launched thousands of its own Starlink satellites orbit, with many more launches already planned.</p>