Rank #2404
Paul Van Zuydam
Net worth $1.7B
Le Creuset · South Africa
- Born
- Mar 13, 1938
- Age
- 88
- Source
- Le Creuset
- Residence
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Paul Van Zuydam is the owner and chairman of Le Creuset, a cookware company known for its colorful enameled cast-iron pots.
- Van Zuydam acquired Le Creuset in 1988, quitting his job to buy the company himself after a deal he had championed for his then-employer fell through.
- Le Creuset was founded in 1925 by two Belgians in Fresnoy-le-Grand, a small village in northern France.
- Today, the company brings in more than $700 million in revenue and produces around 10,000 cast iron products a day in its France-based factory.
- Paul's son, Paulo Van Zuydam, is the director of the company.
- Flame, a gradient red and orange color, is the original color of Le Creuset.