Wildly successful Brazilian entrepreneur Mauricio Seixas is best known in his native Brazil for being one of its most successful dropshippers and most sought after mentors. He has taught the secrets of his success to willing pupils in 44 countries around the world, and his reputation is growing all the time — as his 1.1 million-strong Instagram follower list will attest.

Dropshipping is a form of retail that has seen an explosion in recent years. The method is quite simple: Instead of holding stock, a retailer will act more as a middle man, buying what a customer wants from a manufacturer or wholesaler and arranges for it to be shipped directly to them. It’s a method that has been particularly useful for budding internet entrepreneurs operating webshops on mobile apps. It’s a market that Seixas cottoned onto and quickly seized. Today, he displays the trappings of his success: fast cars, helicopter rides, and views from palatial balconies.

Before cracking the e-commerce market, Seixas was a manager at a multinational company for more than a decade. Eventually, however, he divined that the internet was the place to make serious money. He began dropshipping and then sharing his secrets with others. In recent times, for example, he has been helping the millions of Brazilians who work for service apps such as Uber to begin their own iFood businesses, making food to order at home and then delivering it to people’s doors. As he says himself, people are always going to want to eat. This kind of basic instinct is what continues to keep Seixas at the top of the Brazilian business tree.