Emmanuel Besnier
$23.42B
as of 06/30/24
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 53)Self-made
inherited and growingEmmanuel Besnier’s fortune is worth
390K
troy ounces of gold
360K
median U.S. household
234K
median U.S. income
0.468%
U.S. credit card volume
0.094%
GDP of the United States
0.069%
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On his first day in business, Besnier's father collected 17 liters of milk and made 35 camemberts.
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