Amaggi Group
The Amaggi Group, Portuguese Grupo Amaggi - is a large Brazilian commodities company involved in the soybean industry. It is the largest private producer of soybeans in the world.[1][2] The company has annual sales of over $500 million, and is a large domestically owned exporter that exports to destinations in both Europe and the United States.[3] It is headed by CEO Blairo Maggi, son of the group founder Andre Maggi. He is a former Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply who is linked to the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest.[4]
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| Type | Privately held |
|---|---|
| Industry | Commodities |
| Founded | |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Blairo Maggi, (CEO) |
| Products | Soybeans et al. |
| Revenue |  US$ 3.5 billion (2016) |
| Website | https://amaggi.com.br |
The company consists of smaller parts:
- Amaggi: involved with exports of soybean products
- Agropecuaria Maggi: agribusiness
- Hermasa: infrastructure of soybeans
- Maggi Energy
References
- "Paving the Amazon with Soy - corpwatch". www.corpwatch.org. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- "Brasilien in den BrasilienNachrichten - Die Zeitschrift für Brasilieninteressierte - Die brennende Lunge". www.brasiliennachrichten.de.
- "Complicity in Destruction: How Northern Consumers and Financiers Sustain the Assault on the Brazilian Amazon and its Peoples" (PDF). Amazon Watch.
- "Soy King Blairo Maggi wields power over Amazon's fate, say critics". Mongabay Environmental News. 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
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