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Article: People of the Year 95: Isaac Ribero Ferreira Leite: Cooxupe Guaxupe.
- Article from:
- Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
- Article date:
- December 1, 1995
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Isaac Ribeiro Ferreira Leite was born in 1911 in Monte Santo de Minas, the son of Custodio Ribeiro Ferreira Leite and Osilia Soares Leite, both of traditional coffee growing families. He was educated at the Colegio Arquidiocesano and at Sao Paulo University with a degree in civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering. He worked as an engineer for many years but he has dedicated much of his life to the coffee sector.
In 1932 a group of 24 rural producers, in the middle of a severe world financial crisis, founded the Cooperative de Credito Agricola de Guaxupe, as a credit cooperative for the coffee industry. However, several years later, the Banco do Brasil started ...