Emmanuel Besnier
$24.23B
$113M (-0.5%)
as of 11/22/24
About Emmanuel Besnier
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.
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Citizenship
FranceSource of wealth
CheeseResidence
Laval, FranceBirth date
09/18/70 (age 54)Self-made
inherited and growingEmmanuel Besnier’s fortune is worth
404K
troy ounces of gold
373K
median U.S. household
242K
median U.S. income
0.485%
U.S. credit card volume
0.097%
GDP of the United States
0.071%
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Besnier has been called the "French Howard Hughes," "the Emperor of Cheese," and, thanks to his disdain for the press, "the invisible billionaire."
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