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| Company type | Sociedade Anônima |
|---|---|
| B3: GGBR3, GGBR4 NYSE: GGB BMAD: XGGB Ibovespa Component | |
| Industry | Iron and steel |
| Founded | 16 January 1901 |
| Founder | João Gerdau |
| Headquarters | Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil |
Key people | Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter, (Chairman) Gustavo Werneck da Cunha, (CEO) |
| Products | Long steel, specialty steel, flat steel, and other steel products |
| Revenue |  R$ 78.3 billion (2021)[1] |
| R$ 21 billion (2021)[1] | |
| R$ 15.5 billion (2021)[1] | |
| Total assets | R$ 73.8 billion (2021)[1] |
Number of employees | +30,000 (2021)[1] |
| Website | www.gerdau.com |
Gerdau is the largest producer of long steel in the Americas, with steel mills in Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela. Currently, Gerdau has an installed capacity of 26 million metric tons of steel per year and offers steel for the civil construction, automobile, industrial, agricultural and various sectors.
Gerdau is also the world's 30th largest steelmaker. It has 337 industrial and commercial units and more than 30,000 employees across 10 countries.