Rank #2966
Terry Leprino
Net worth $1.3B
Mozzarella cheese · United States
- Born
- Mar 15, 1960
- Age
- 66
- Source
- Mozzarella cheese
- Residence
- Denver, Colorado
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Terry Leprino and her sister Gina Vecchiarelli inherited a 90% stake in $3.6 billion (estimated annual revenue) Leprino Foods after the death of their father James Leprino in June 2025.
- James Leprino built the company his father founded in 1950 into the world's largest mozzarella cheese maker, after pioneering the technology for manufacturing pizza cheese at scale.
- Leprino manufactures and sells more than 1 billion pounds of cheese annually and supplies cheese to Domino's, Pizza Hut, Papa John's and other pizza brands.
- Vecchiarelli's husband Dan Vecchiarelli took over as chairman and CEO of Leprino Foods around 2023.
- Terry Leprino spent a decade as marketing director at Leprino Foods and now serves as president of the Leprino Foods Foundation.