JBS S.A.

JBS S.A.
JBS
Company typeSociedade Anônima
B3: JBSS3
Ibovespa Component
IndustryFood processing
Founded1953; 71 years ago (1953)
FounderJosé Batista Sobrinho
Headquarters
São Paulo
,
Brazil
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Gilberto Tomazoni (CEO)
Jeremiah O‘Callaghan (Chairman)
ProductsFoods and beverages
RevenueIncrease US$ 72.9 billion (2023)[1]
Increase US$ 8.5 billion (2021)[2]
Decrease US$ (131) million (2023)[3]
Total assetsIncrease US$ 42.6 billion (2023)[4]
Total equityIncrease US$ 9.7 billion (2023)[5]
Number of employees
+272,565 (2021)[6]
ParentJ&F Investimentos
SubsidiariesJBS USA
Seara
JBS Foods International
BioTech Foods
Websitejbs.com.br

JBS S.A. is a Brazilian multinational company that is the largest meat processing enterprise in the world, producing factory processed beef, chicken, salmon, sheep, pork, and also selling by-products from the processing of these meats. It is headquartered in São Paulo.[7] It was founded in 1953 in Anápolis, Goiás.

As of 2023, the company had about 500 industrial plants and commercial representations in 24 countries, and its products reach consumers in 180 countries.[8] J&F Investimentos is a 42% indirect shareholder in JBS S.A.,[9] which is listed on American stock markets as JBSAY.[10] J&F Investimentos is wholly owned by Joesley Batista and Wesley Batista. The company has been regularly criticized on various grounds, including allegations of labor law violations and environmental factors such as for sourcing meat from farms that purportedly contribute to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

Former logo used until 2023.
  1. ^ "Form F-4 for Year ended December 31, 2023". JBS S.A. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  2. ^ "Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year ended December 31, 2021". JBS S.A. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  3. ^ "Form F-4 for Year ended December 31, 2023". JBS S.A. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  4. ^ "Form F-4 for Year ended December 31, 2023". JBS S.A. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  5. ^ "Form F-4 for Year ended December 31, 2023". JBS S.A. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  6. ^ "Form F-4 for Year ended December 31, 2023". JBS S.A. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  7. ^ JBS S.A. (2011). "Contact us". "Address Avenida Marginal Direita do Tietê, 500 Vila Jaguara - São Paulo/SP - Brazil CEP: 05118-100." Retrieved on 2011-02-03 from "Grupo JBS-Friboi". Archived from the original on 2012-12-31. Retrieved 2011-02-04..
  8. ^ "JBS -Investor Relations". JBS S.A. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  9. ^ "J&F Investimentos Agrees to Financial Terms of Leniency Agreement". GlobeNewswire (Press release). May 31, 2017.
  10. ^ "JBSAY". NASDAQ. 11 May 2020.