Rank #906
Hans Peter Wild
Net worth $4.7B
Flavorings · Switzerland
- Born
- Jun 16, 1941
- Age
- 84
- Source
- Flavorings
- Residence
- Zug
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Hans-Peter Wild sold the last of a WILD Flavors stake to agricultural processing giant Archer-Daniels Midland in 2014 for about $3 billion in cash.
- His father founded WILD Flavors in 1931 and the company grew into a leading supplier of flavors and extracts, sweeteners, and fermentation technology.
- He worked for a marketer of mineral oil and chemicals before joining the family business in 1974 and helping to expand its portfolio.
- Wild still owns Capri Sun, the famed fruit juice brand that originated in the 1960s.
- Today Capri Sun is consumed in more than 100 countries and generates an estimated annual revenue of $500 million.
- As a student studying business and law, Wild traveled abroad in search of innovative alternative sources of raw materials for the family business.
- His biggest marketing coup was signing Muhammad Ali, then at the peak of his boxing career, as a spokesman for Capri Sun.