Augusto Perfetti
$3.1B
Born
Aug 11, 1946
Age
79
Source of Wealth
Candy
Residence
Lugano,
Citizenship
Italy
Marital Status
Children
0
Education
- Augusto Perfetti and his brother Giorgio Perfetti own candy and gum giant Perfetti Van Melle, a company with more than $2.9 billion in revenues in 2022.
- Their father Ambrogio and uncle Egidio started the company in 1946 as a chewing gum business in a small town near Milan.
- In 2022, the company announced it would acquire Mondelez International's developed market gum business, adding brands such as Trident, Dentyne and Bubbalicious.
- Augusto Perfetti named his yacht and his private jet after Mentos mints and Airheads taffy, the company's top-selling brands.
- Perfetti once sold a 90-metre yacht under construction to fellow billionaire Suleiman Kerimov.
- Perfetti's father and uncle were inspired to start the company after seeing American soldiers bring gum to Europe during World War II.
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