Ricardo Faria is from Criciúma (SC) and owner of Granja Faria, a company responsible for 7% of all egg production in Brazil. In November 2021, the grain company Terrus, which he also controls, closed the purchase of Insolo, which produces fertilizers, for R$1.8 billion. According to Exame magazine, together his companies have 120,000 hectares of production area, occupying the fifth position in the ranking of the largest agricultural areas in the country.