Amaggi is one of the main agro-industrial companies in Latin America and one of the largest grain traders in the Southern Hemisphere. Its origins date back to 1977, when businessman André Maggi founded the company in the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. Shortly after, his family moved to the country's central-west region, in the Cerrado, a vast tropical savanna that from the 1980s became one of the driving forces of Brazilian agribusiness.
From there, the company began to build a completely integrated business model, spanning agricultural production, river logistics, industrialization, and energy generation.
Over time, André's role was succeeded by his son, Blairo Maggi, current board president, former Minister of Agriculture of Brazil and former governor of Mato Grosso, popularly known as the "soy king". The Maggi family continues to own the group, which operates privately.