Markets · Industry
—The event. JBS, the world’s largest meat company, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in June, completing a dual listing.
—The size. The opening valued the company at roughly thirty billion dollars, ahead of its American rival Tyson Foods.
—The scale. JBS booked about eighty-six billion dollars in revenue last year and employs around two hundred and eighty thousand people in more than one hundred and eighty countries.
—The long road. The company had sought a New York listing for more than a decade, blocked by corruption charges and opposition from campaigners.
