Rui Nabeiro
Manuel Rui Azinhais Nabeiro GCIH ComMI (28 March 1931 – 19 March 2023) was a Portuguese businessman and billionaire. He was the founder of the Delta Cafés group.[1][2]
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| Born | Manuel Rui Azinhais Nabeiro 28 March 1931 |
| Died | 19 March 2023 (aged 91) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Biography
Nabeiro helped his mother in a small grocery store and his father and uncles in a family owned coffee roasting, at a time when the effects of the civil war in Spain were felt and the border area was a place of smuggling.[1]
A market leader in the coffee business, he established Novadelta in 1982, and in 1984, he created a new coffee roasting factory, which was the largest on the Iberian Peninsula at the time.[3]
Distinctions
National orders
Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (5 January 2006)[4]
Commander of the Order of Entrepreneurial Merit, Class of Industrial Merit (9 June 1995)[4]
References
- Infopédia. "Rui Nabeiro - Infopédia". infopedia.pt - Porto Editora (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- "Portugal's Delta Cafes founder Rui Nabeiro dies at 91". Reuters. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- Constenla, Tereixa (19 March 2023). "Muere Rui Nabeiro, del contrabando a crear el café portugués más conocido en el mundo". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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