Emmanuel Besnier
$30.1B
Born
Sep 18, 1970
Age
55
Source of Wealth
Cheese
Residence
Laval,
Citizenship
France
Marital Status
Children
0
Education
- Emmanuel Besnier is the controlling shareholder of family-held Lactalis, the world's largest dairy conglomerate, with more than $30 billion in annual revenues.
- His grandfather founded the company in 1933. It now sells products including President brie, Siggi's yogurt and Stonyfield.
- His younger siblings, Jean-Michel and Marie, split the rest of the ownership in the family's milk and cheese giant.
- The world's biggest dairy company, Lactalis now employs 85,000 and owns more than 266 plants in 51 countries.
- Besnier has been called the "French Howard Hughes," "the Emperor of Cheese," and, thanks to his disdain for the press, "the invisible billionaire."
- On his first day in business, Besnier's father collected 17 liters of milk and made 35 camemberts.
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