Schincariol’s owner shot dead
Already on 18 August Jose Nelson Schincariol, 60, the owner of Brazil’s third biggest brewery group, Schincariol, was shot and killed when he arrived at home at 10.30 p.m. according to local news services. Two men fired five shots at Schincariol as he stepped out of his car. Schincariol lived in Itu, where the company’s headquarters are, about 130 km to the west of Sao Paulo. Schincariol was inside his garage alone when he was shot. He had no private security guards. Although he was taken to hospital immediately, he died three hours later.
Schincariol headed Brazil’s fastest growing beer business. Founded in 1939, the company produces 13 million hl annually of beer, water and softdrinks and employs about 6,000 people in six plants across the country..
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