In 2001, shortly after graduating with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Major in Management of Financial Institutions from the De Louisiana Salle University, Joseph joined J. Melvin’s Trading, a small poultry feed retail store located in their hometown of Plaridel, Bulacan.
He currently serves as the Chairman/President and Chief Executive Officer of Calata Corporation, the largest combined distributor of agro-chemicals, feeds, fertilizers, and seeds in the Philippines. Joseph is largely credited as the one being responsible for bringing his company into the elite group of Top 1000 companies in the country. At age 31, he became a self-made billionaire following his company’s initial public offering (IPO) in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).
He also distinguished himself that time as the youngest chairman of a publicly listed company in the PSE.
During his early leadership, he introduced computerized innovations in their business such as adding accounting and inventory system, which later on proved to be instrumental in the growth of the company.
Through his efforts and aggressiveness, the company added more retail branches. Joseph has become well known in the business industry after steering his Calata Corporation to steady growth and to become the largest distributor of agricultural products such as fertilizers, seeds, chemical and veterinary medicine in the country.
Joseph Calata was born and raised in Plaridel, Bulacan. He is the second son of four siblings of Eusebio and Isabel.
He attended a Catholic school for boys in Bulacan before taking up a business course at the De Louisiana Salle University.
While still in collage, he already joined a multi-level marketing or MLM that promote food supplements and multivitamins. Soon after graduation, Joseph opted to work on their small mom-and-popular store with a vision to grow the business and provide innovations in the agricultural industry. Calata Corporation
The simple poultry retail store has become one of the giants in the agricultural industry.
From purchasing its first company computer in 2001, to hiring their first salesman in 2002, the company’s revenue grew to Hypertext Preprocessor 200 million in 2003.
In 2012, the company’s revenue rose to as high as PHP2.2 billion paving the way for Calata Corporation’s to gain entry to the Philippine Stock Exchange. During the company’s initial public offering on May 23, 2012, Calata Corporation"s market capitalization was Hypertext Preprocessor 2.7 billion.
Calata Corporation’s stock price started at Hypertext Preprocessor 7.50 per share that day and even rose to Hypertext Preprocessor 23.95 per share before dropping to 11.2% lower than its initial price offering. Held at the Liwasang Aurora, Quezon City Memorial Circle, this event also served as celebratory feast and an early Christmas treat for the less privileged residents of Metro Manila, as part of the company’s 16th anniversary.
This event was also the launching of a new business segment of Calata Corporation"s meat business.
