South America Top Companies List by Market Cap as on Jan 7th, 2022

VALE is Brazil based Metals and Mining Company having operations in 30 countries. Vale is one of the world’s largest producer of iron ore and nickel. They also produce iron ore pellets, manganese ore, ferroalloys, metallurgical and thermal coal, copper, platinum group metals (PGMs), gold, silver and cobalt.

Vale is the largest producer of Nickel in the World.

In addition to mining, Vale work with logistics like railways, ports, terminals and state-of-the-art infrastructure like energy, and steel making. Headquarters is in Brazil.

PETROBRAS is Oil and Gas company with headquarters in Brazil. Explores, Produces and Distributes Oil and Gas products. Generates and distributes electricity. Produces Fertilizers, Bio Fuels.

MERCADOLIBRE is e-Commerce and Online auctions company with headquarters in Argentina. MercadoLibre hosts the largest online commerce and payments ecosystem in Latin America.  Their efforts are centered on enabling e-commerce and digital and mobile payments on behalf of their customers by delivering a suite of technology solutions across the complete value chain of commerce. They are present in 18 countries including: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela and Peru.

AMBEV is Brazil based Alcoholic and non-alcoholic Beverages Company. Sells Beers, non-alcoholic beverages, energy drinks, coconut water, natural juices, tea etc. Headquarters is in Brazil.

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING is Bank with headquarters in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING has 3527 branches and 28,000 ATM's as on 2020.

BANCO BRADESCO is Banking and Financial services company with headquarters in Brazil.

Oil and Gas Exploration, Refining, Distribution with headquarters in Colombia.

Klabin is paper producing company with headquarters in Brazil.

WEG company is about the global solutions for electric motors, variable frequency drives, soft starters, controls, panel, transformer and generators. It is certified by the ISO. It manufactures the electric motor, industrial automation and control generators, transformers, switch gear, drive and coating Engineering, primer, paints, varnish. In 2008 a new factory is launched in India. The headquarters is in Brazil.

The company annual revenue is 18.59 billion USD and 31,497 employees as on 2020.

BANCO SANTANDER BRASIL SA is Banking and financial services company with headquarters in Brazil.