Blairo Maggi Net Worth

Blairo Maggi has an estimated net worth of $1.4 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Blairo Maggi profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is up from $1.2 billion in 2015.

Blairo Maggi is a Brazilian businessman and politician who controls the Amaggi Group, one of Brazil's largest producers of soybeans and other commodities. His full name is Blairo Borges Maggi. He was born on May 29, 1956, in Torres, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and studied agronomy at the Federal University of Paraná.

He is the son of Andre and Lucia Maggi, who cofounded the family company. Brazilian media nicknamed him the King of Soy during his years leading the business. Maggi has also had a long political career. He served as governor of the state of Mato Grosso and later as Brazil's minister of agriculture.

He has been a divisive figure. Critics blame large soy farms for clearing parts of the Amazon rainforest, and Greenpeace gave him its Golden Chainsaw Award in 2006. Supporters see him as a driver of Brazil's farm economy. In November 2017 his name appeared in the Paradise Papers reporting on offshore finance.

How Blairo Maggi made his money

Maggi's fortune comes from Amaggi, the family agribusiness group. The company harvests, processes and exports soybeans and owns soy terminals, highways and waterways that move crops to market. It produces about 1.2 million tons of soy, corn and cotton in Brazil each year.

He took over as chief executive after his father's death in 2001. He no longer holds that role, but he remains a controlling shareholder. In 2015 Forbes based its estimate on his 16% stake in the group. Because Amaggi is private, the value of his holding depends on Forbes' view of the business and of global commodity prices.

The group's control of roads, ports and river routes gives it an edge over many rival farm businesses. Owning the path from field to export terminal lets Amaggi keep more of the value of each harvest, which is one reason the family business has grown into one of the biggest names in Brazilian agriculture.

How Forbes has valued Blairo Maggi

Forbes first counted Maggi as a billionaire at $1.2 billion in 2015. After a long gap he returned to the list at $1.3 billion in 2023, then dipped to $1.1 billion in 2024.

On the 2026 World's Billionaires List Forbes put him at $1.4 billion, and as of October 20, 2026, the real-time billionaires tracker also showed $1.4 billion. His estimates have stayed close to the billion dollar line, reflecting a share in a big but private farm and trading group whose profits rise and fall with crop prices.