The term was coined by Jim O’Neill, head of Goldman Sachs’ Global Economic Research Group, in his 2001 paper, “Building Better Global Economic BRICs.”
Den Term gouf fir d'éischt vum Jim O'Neill, deemools Ekonomist bei Goldman Sachs, am Joer 2001 a sengem Essai Building Better Global Economic BRICs gebraucht.