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Jean-Michel Besnier
$8.23B
$45.4M (0.6%)
as of 07/02/24
About Jean-Michel Besnier
Dairy heir Jean-Michel Besnier owns an estimated 21% of French dairy giant Lactalis, based in his family's ancestral hometown of Laval in western France.
His grandfather founded the company in 1933, and his older brother Emmanuel now runs the firm as CEO and majority shareholder.
Lactalis sells $30 billion of products including President brie, Milkmaid yogurts and Valbreso Feta.
The biggest dairy producer in Europe, Lactalis continues to expand internationally in places like China and Southeast Asia.
Personal stats
Citizenship
FranceSource of wealth
CheeseResidence
Laval, FranceBirth date
06/05/67 (age 57)Self-made
inheritedJean-Michel Besnier’s fortune is worth
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137K
troy ounces of gold
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127K
median U.S. household
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82K
median U.S. income
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0.165%
U.S. credit card volume
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0.033%
GDP of the United States
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0.024%
United States debt
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