Ceará Industrial Leader Roberto Macêdo Dies at 81 as FIEC Declares Three Days of Mourning

Overview

• FIEC announced his death and set three days of official mourning, with a wake at 10:00 and a mass at 14:00 at Funerária Ternura in Fortaleza, followed by burial in the afternoon.
• Macêdo was chairman of the board of Grupo J. Macêdo and led the federation from 2006 to 2014, a period marked by a sharp rise in member companies.
• Grupo J. Macêdo reported R$ 352.2 million in net profit in 2024 and owns major brands including Dona Benta, Petybon, Sol and Brandini.
• The company is among Brazil’s principal wheat importers through the Tergran joint venture at Porto do Mucuripe, alongside M. Dias Branco and Grande Moinho Cearense.
• He was active in social and environmental initiatives such as Fazenda da Esperança and Caatinga conservation groups and received an honorary doctorate from the Federal University of Ceará.