American meat eaters may not have heard of JBS, but chances are they have sampled its wares. Now, the Brazilian meat processor, the largest in the world, wants them to sample its shares, too.
JBS supplies much of the beef, pork and poultry that ends up on American plates, and the reliance is mutual. More than half of the $77.2bn in revenue it pulled in last year came from the US. That exposure is one reason the company has long coveted a US share listing. Having pursued the idea on and off for close to a decade, the company finally got the green light from regulators and its shareholders to move its main stock listing from Brazil to the US.
