Wesley Batista Filho

Wesley and Joesley Batista jointly control JBS through J&F entities. Pilgrim’s Pride’s 2024 filing says the brothers joined its board on February 8, 2024, after Wesley Batista Filho resigned from the board. JBS announced on April 27, 2023, that Wesley Batista Filho would become chief executive of JBS USA effective May 1, following Tim Schellpeper’s retirement.1–3

Wesley Batista

Son of Wesley Batista1

On October 14, 2020, J&F Investimentos pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to conspiring to violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Its admitted scheme ran from 2005 through 2017. J&F agreed to a $256.5 million criminal penalty; U.S. authorities allowed credit of up to half that amount for qualifying payments under the Brazilian resolution.1–20

Documented connections

Wesley Batista →Son of Wesley Batista1

Trump’s Beef Import Plan: The Batista Brothers, Bribery Cases and a $5 Million Donation →Included in report1–3

Sources and documents
  1. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248124000024/ppc-20240401.htm
  2. JBS USA Announces New CEO — JBS Foods
  3. https://jbsfoodsgroup.com/people/wesley-batista-filho
  4. https://www.gov.br/cvm/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2023/cvm-conclui-julgamento-de-processos-envolvendo-empresas-do-grupo-jbs-e-seus-executivos
  5. https://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/reuters/2017/09/13/pf-prende-wesley-batista-em-investigacao-sobre-informacao-privilegiada.htm
  6. Reuters: J&F Brazilian leniency agreement, May 31, 2017
  7. J&F: financial terms of leniency agreement, May 31, 2017
  8. DOJ: J&F guilty plea, October 14, 2020
  9. 18 U.S.C. § 371 — full governing conspiracy passage
  10. J&F criminal information, filed October 14, 2020
  11. https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2020/34-90170.pdf
  12. SEC enforcement announcement, October 14, 2020
  13. U.S. Code: 15 U.S.C. 78m
  14. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-20/brazil-court-orders-meat-tycoon-wesley-batista-release-from-jail
  15. https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2018/02/1957518-superior-court-of-justice-releases-jbs-executive-wesley-batista-joesley-still-in-jail.shtml
  16. Pilgrim’s Pride 2026 proxy: Batista ownership/control
  17. JBS 2025 SEC filing: subsidiary ownership
  18. Trump–Vance Inaugural Committee FEC filing
  19. Senator Warren: May 19, 2025 donation inquiry
  20. 11 CFR 110.20: foreign-national donations and political decisions

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