Rank #1161
Giorgio Perfetti
Net worth $3.7B
Candy · Italy
- Born
- Mar 15, 1967
- Age
- 59
- Source
- Candy
- Residence
- Lugano
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Giorgio Perfetti and his brother Augusto own candy and gum giant Perfetti Van Melle, a private company with more than $4.8 billion in revenues in 2024.
- His 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.
- The company's top-selling brands include Mentos and Airheads.
- Perfetti once sold a 300-foot 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.
- Giorgio Perfetti reportedly owns one of the world's most renowned Ferrari car collections, including a much-coveted 1962 250 GTO.