Marcos Jaber

Biography

Marcos Jaber is one of Brazil's leading polo patrons and competitive players, a figure who has helped sustain and grow the sport in a country where polo has deep roots but faces the challenge of competing for attention with football and other sports. As a 4-goal player by ABP standards, Jaber competes at the top of the Brazilian national circuit while also engaging in international tournaments in Argentina and Europe.\n\nBrazil's polo tradition is centred primarily in the state of São Paulo — particularly in the interior regions around Indaiatuba, Campinas, and the Paulista plateau — where vast estates provide the space and climate for year-round polo. Jaber is a product of this environment, having grown up surrounded by horses on property that has been in his family for generations, with polo a natural extension of Brazil's fazenda culture.\n\nAs a patron, Jaber has bankrolled teams competing in the Brazilian high-goal season, bringing Argentine professionals to strengthen his sides and compete for the Aberto Brasileiro de Polo — the most prestigious tournament on the Brazilian calendar. His investment in the sport has helped maintain the competitive level of Brazilian polo.\n\nJaber is also known for his interest in polo pony breeding, maintaining a stud programme that blends Argentine Thoroughbred lines with Brazilian bloodstock. His breeding operation reflects the ambition of Brazilian polo patrons to reduce dependence on imported ponies and build a self-sustaining performance horse industry within Brazil.

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