Rui Nabeiro
Manuel Rui Azinhais Nabeiro ComIH • ComMAIC (Campo Maior, March 28, 1931 – Lisbon, March 19, 2023) was a Portuguese entrepreneur. He was the founder of the Delta Cafés group. [1] [2]
Rui Nabeiro | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 March 1931 |
| Died | 19 March 2023 (aged 91) |
Biography
From a humble family, he began working at around the age of twelve. He helped his mother in a small grocery store and his father and uncles in 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. [3]
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. [4]
Awards
On June 9, 1995, Mário Soares awarded him the rank of Commander of the Civil Order of Agricultural, Industrial, and Commercial. [1]
- ^ a b Infopédia. "Rui Nabeiro - Infopédia". infopedia.pt - Porto Editora (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-03-20.
- ^ Reuters (2023-03-19). "Portugal's Delta Cafes founder Rui Nabeiro dies at 91". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Infopédia. "Rui Nabeiro - Infopédia". infopedia.pt - Porto Editora (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-03-20.
- ^ Constenla, Tereixa (2023-03-19). "Muere Rui Nabeiro, del contrabando a crear el café portugués más conocido en el mundo". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-20.