The Amaggi Group () is a large

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

ian commodities company involved in the soybean industry. It is the largest private producer of soybeans in the world. The company has annual sales of over $9 billion, and is a large domestically owned exporter that exports to destinations in both

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and the

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. Amaggi was founded in 1977 by André Maggi of Italian origin as a seed producer. In the 1980s, he acquired large tracts of land in Mato Grosso and went into soybean production. There he also had the city of Sapezal built. After his death in 2001, his son

Blairo Maggi Blairo Borges Maggi (born 29 May 1956) is a Brazilian billionaire businessman, and former governor of the state of Mato Grosso. Maggi owns the Amaggi Group, a large company that harvests, processes, and exports soybeans, and owns soy terminal ...

took over the company. It is headed by CEO Judiney Carvalho, since the end of 2017.

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External links

André Maggi Group homepage
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