One of the main entrepreneurs in the food sector, Marcos Molina has transformed Marfrig into a billionaire company over the 25 years since creation. Now, he was responsible for enabling the new company with annual revenue of approximately R $ 150 billion.
Despite the big deeds in the meat market, the executive had a simpler trajectory beginning. And started early. Already at the age of 12, Molina began working as a butcher with her family in Mogi Guaçu, in the interior of São Paulo.
At 16, he asked his father to be emancipated. The goal would be to create the first business, a kids distributor. The name of the first company would be called Marfrio.
The business ended abruptly in 1998, when the refrigerator caught fire. Marcos Molina would again undertake again only two years later.
In 2000, the businessman created Marfrig after purchasing the Bataguassu refrigerator in Mato Grosso do Sul. The acquisitions would even be a constant for the new company.
The various purchases led to a strong growth from Marfrig. And in 2007, the company opened capital on the Brazilian stock exchange. The operation raised the amount of R $ 887 million.
Marcos Molina, who had already taken the company to the second largest beef producer in the world, began to aim at the acquisition of BRF.
In 2021, Marfrig bought more than 20% of BRF’s capital share share. And he was raising his participation over the years until he took control of the owner of Sadia and Perdigão.
With a presence in 117 countries and annual revenues of R $ 152 billion, MBRF is born as the seventh largest company in Brazil, said Molina. “We are creating an iconic and recognized food company, which is based on a 100% integrated multiprotein platform,” he said.
For him, the fusion is the natural outcome of a cycle started three years ago, when Marfrig took control of BRF. “We made the turn of BRF. The company generated value to its shareholders and distributing dividends, performing above its historical levels and beating operational and financial records every quarter,” he said.
