Rank #684
Emanuele (Lino) Saputo & family
Net worth $6.1B
Cheese · Canada
- Born
- Jan 01, 1937
- Age
- 89
- Source
- Cheese
- Residence
- Montreal, Quebec
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Diploma, High School
Net worth over time
Biography
- Emanuele (Lino) Saputo chaired his family's eponymous dairy company from 1969 until his August 2017 retirement.
- His son, Lino Jr., who has served as president and CEO since 2004, succeeded him as chairman.
- The elder Saputo's father, Giuseppe, founded the business in 1954 with $500 and a bicycle for deliveries after immigrating to Canada from Sicily.
- Lino grew the company in the following decades, taking it public in 1997; today its products are sold in more than 40 countries.
- The family also has a stake in Major League Soccer's Montreal Impact.
- The Saputo family owns hundreds of antique cars and oversees an automobile enthusiasts' club.
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