Cattlemen and Cowboys of Brazil

Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Brazil.

• 1889-1962Antonio Joaquim de Moura AndradeA trader from Sao Paulo state became the 'King of Cattle' by turning forest and river country into ranches, roads, a…Brazil
• livingDalton Dias HeringerA Nelore breeder from Espírito Santo whose herd has won state rankings and placed in national ACNB standings.Brazil
• 1953-presentJBS S.A.José Batista Sobrinho opened Casa de Carnes Mineira in Anápolis in 1953, and his company later bought Swift and became…Brazil
• livingJosé Batista SobrinhoFrom a one-room slaughterhouse in Goiás to Friboi and JBS, the story of the Brazilian butcher known as Zé Mineiro.Brazil
• 1886-1975Laucídio CoelhoA pioneer of southern Mato Grosso ranching who is remembered for enormous landholdings and for helping the region sell…Brazil
• d. 1921Manoel Ubelhart LemgruberA Swiss-born immigrant who saw zebu cattle in a German zoo and sent a bull and a calf to Rio de Janeiro.Brazil
• livingMarcos Antônio MolinaA butcher's son who bought a single slaughterhouse in Mato Grosso do Sul and built a multinational beef company, while…Brazil
• est. 2000MarfrigMarcos Molina's company grew from a slaughterhouse purchase in Mato Grosso do Sul to a listed multinational with U.S.…Brazil
• 1992-presentMinerva FoodsA cattle-hauling family bought its first slaughterhouse in 1992 and built a beef business spanning five South American…Brazil
• 1868 onwardNeloreA zebu bought off a ship in Bahia in 1868 grew into the breed behind roughly 100 million head of Brazilian cattle.Brazil
• 1933-2022Paulo Lutterbach LemgruberThe Rio de Janeiro rancher who carried a Nelore line begun in 1878 into the era of registries and genetic evaluation.Brazil
• livingPaulo de Castro MarquesA pharmaceutical entrepreneur turned cattle breeder built a 25,000-hectare operation known for the world's most…Brazil
• b. c. 1940Roque QuagliatoA rancher in his mid-eighties who built one of the biggest herds in the Brazilian Amazon is now a public face of…Brazil
• 1916-2005Tiao MaiaA former drover from Passos, Minas Gerais, founded a packing company in 1952 and restarted in Australia in his sixties.Brazil
• 1916-2010Torres Homem Rodrigues da CunhaThe Minas Gerais cattleman who helped bring Karvadi from India and built an early artificial insemination laboratory…Brazil