Grupo Protege S/A or simply Protege is a Brazilian private security company, based on the city of

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

, Brazil. ”Protege" is Portuguese for "protects" (third person indicative present conjugation of the verb "protect").

History

The company was originally founded on the city São Paulo by a group of people in 1971, eventually being purchased and renamed as "Protege" by the current CEO Marcelo Baptista de Oliveira in 1979. The company has thrived through the Brazilian currency transitions between the cruzeiro, the

cruzado The cruzado was the currency of Brazil from 1986 to 1989. It replaced the second cruzeiro (at first called the "cruzeiro novo") in 1986, at a rate of 1 cruzado = 1000 cruzeiros (novos) and was replaced in 1989 by the cruzado novo at a rate of ...

and finally, the

real Real may refer to: Currencies * Brazilian real (R$) * Central American Republic real * Mexican real * Portuguese real * Spanish real * Spanish colonial real Music Albums * ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000) * ''Real'' (Bright album) (2010) ...

. Currently, it only operates in Brazil and offers coverage in 14 Brazilian states (including the

Federal District A federal district is a type of administrative division of a federation, usually under the direct control of a federal government and organized sometimes with a single municipal body. Federal districts often include capital districts, and they e ...

). In August 2010, it was present in a ranking of the Brazilian business magazine '' ISTOÉ Dinheiro''. Protege was in the 4th position in the Financial Sustainability category, in the miscellaneous segment, being the only private security company in this category. In May 2017, it was mentioned as the "best private security agency" in the state of São Paulo, for the third consecutive year.

Operations

Protege's main services include

cash in transit Cash-in-transit (CIT) or cash/valuables-in-transit (CVIT) is the physical transfer of banknotes, coins, credit cards and items of value from one location to another. The locations include cash centers and bank branches, ATM points, large retaile ...

operations and logistics with the use of

armored vehicles Armour (British English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a covering used to protect an object, individual, or vehicle from physical injury or damage, especially direct contact weapons or projectiles during combat, or ...

, manned guarding and maintenance in private properties and airports, security personnel training and electronic security.

Social responsibility

Protege is one of the companies that joined the ''Sócio Investidor'' (Investor Associate) program of the Brazilian child cancer institute GRAACC, in 2011, funding researches and campaigns along with other companies.

References

External links

* http://exposec.tmp.br/16/en/protege-group-complete-security-solutions/ Business services companies established in 1971 Security companies of Brazil Brazilian companies established in 1971 Companies based in São Paulo {{Brazil-company-stub