Vanguarda Agro

Vanguarda Agro S.A.
Sociedade Anônima
Traded as BM&F Bovespa: VAGR3
Industry Agribusiness
Founded 2003 (2003)
Headquarters São Paulo, Brazil
Key people
Salo Davi Sabel, (Chairman)
Arlindo de Azevedo Moura, (CEO)
Products Cotton, soybeans, corn
Revenue Increase US$395.0 million (2012)
Decrease US$ 62.5 million (2012)
Number of employees
1,764
Website www.v-agro.com.br (Portuguese)

Vanguarda Agro is a publicly traded Brazilian agribusiness company founded in 2003 in Rio de Janeiro as Brasil Ecodiesel, a biodiesel producer. In 2011, after the merger with Maeda Agroindustrial and Vanguarda Participações, the company changed its name to Vanguarda Agro and moved its headquarters to São Paulo.[1] Vanguarda Agro has approximately 254 thousand of hectares of land divided into 13 production units in five Brazilian states. It is the largest private land holder in the country.

References

  1. Paul Kiernan (January 9, 2012). "2nd UPDATE: Brazil Vanguarda Agro Shares Jump On BTG Pactual". WSJ.com. Dow Jones Newswires. Retrieved March 27, 2014.


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