Hans Peter Wild
Hans-Peter Wild is a Swiss businessman and lawyer. Until 2014, he was the owner and chairman of Rudolf Wild GmbH & Co. KG, which, according to company information, is the world’s largest private manufacturer of natural flavor ingredients for food products and beverages.
- Hans-Peter Wild sold the last of a WILD Flavors stake to agricultural processing giant Archer-Daniels Midland in 2014 for about $3 billion in cash.
- His father founded WILD Flavors in 1931 and the company grew into a leading supplier of flavors and extracts, sweeteners, and fermentation technology.
- He worked for a marketer of mineral oil and chemicals before joining the family business in 1974 and helping to expand its portfolio.
- Wild still owns Capri Sun, the famed fruit juice brand that originated in the 1960s.
- Today Capri Sun is consumed in more than 100 countries and generates an estimated annual revenue of $400 million.
