JBS S.A. is a Brazilian company that is the largest meat processing company (by sales) in the world, producing factory processed beef, chicken and pork, and also selling by-products from the processing of these meats. It is headquartered in São Paulo.[2] It was founded in 1953 in Anápolis, Goiás.
As of 2017, the company had 150 industrial plants around the world.[3] J&F Investimentos is a 42% indirect shareholder in JBS S.A.,[4] which is listed on American stock markets as JBSAY.[5] J&F Investimentos is wholly owned by Joesley Batista and Wesley Batista. As of May 2017, JBS S.A. remains the world’s biggest butcher.[6] JBS released 421.6 million metric tonnes of carbon emissions in 2021, larger output than all of Italy.[7]