Has 5 children: Paulo (b. 1960), Ricardo (b. 1962), Renato Jr (b. 1968) and Juliana (b. 1977), with Marta Rangel; and Livian Aragão (b. 1999), with Lílian Taranto.
Climbed the statue of "Christ the Redeemer", in Rio de Janeiro (1991).
He has 10 grandchildren. The youngest is Júlia (Juliana's daughter),
born on June 18th 2007 in Rio de Janeiro.
Once a year, he appears at the special TV show "Criança Esperança" alongside the Rede Globo cast, to
raise funds for the UNICEF programs that support poor children in
Brazil.