Emmanuel Besnier
Emmanuel Besnier is a French heir and businessman. He is the chief executive officer of Lactalis. He is known as “the invisible billionaire”
- Emmanuel Besnier is the CEO and controlling shareholder of family-held Lactalis, one of the world’s largest dairy firms with $20 billion in sales.
- His father founded the company in 1933. It now sells products including President brie, Milkmaid yogurts and Valbreso Feta.
- His younger siblings, Jean-Michel and Marie, split the rest of the ownership in the family’s milk and cheese giant.
- Besnier and his siblings own stakes Parmalat, the maker of Baby Bel Frommageries Bel, and Boursin.
- Lactalis now employs 75,000 and owns more than 230 plants in 43 countries.
