Nationality French Name Emmanuel Besnier Net worth $6.7 billion | ||
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Residence 7th arrondissement, ParisEntrammes, France Education Lycee de l'Immaculee-Conception | ||
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Emmanuel Besnier (born 18 September 1970) is a French heir, businessman and philanthropist. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Lactalis. He is known as "the invisible billionaire."
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- L homme de ma vie emmanuel besnier president de lactalis le billet d audrey vernon
- Lactalis CEO faces French lawmakers on contaminated baby milk scandal
- Early life
- Career
- Philanthropy
- Personal life
- References
Lactalis CEO faces French lawmakers on contaminated baby milk scandal
Early life
Emmanuel Besnier was born on 18 September 1970 in Laval, Mayenne, France. His father is Michel Besnier and his mother, Christiane. His paternal grandfather, André Besnier, was the founder of Lactalis in 1933. He has a brother, Jean-Michel, and a sister, Marie.
He was educated at the Lycée de l'Immaculée-Conception, a Roman Catholic private lycée in Laval. He graduated from the ISG Business School in Paris.
Career
Besnier joined Lactalis as Director of Development in 1995. He took over as the Chief Executive Officer in 2000, when his father died.
With his brother and sister, he owned 83% of Lactalis. In January 2015, according to Forbes, he had a net worth of $6.7 billion. He shuns publicity and has been nicknamed, "the invisible billionaire."
Philanthropy
He donates Euro 200,000 annually to the Francis-Le-Basser football stadium in Laval. He also attends their board meetings. He built a private box with tinted glass, from which he watches football matches.
In 2006, he was the recipient of the "Mayennais of the Year" award from the local Rotary Club.
Personal life
He married Sandrine, a native of Laval whom he met at the lycée, at the Basilique Notre-Dame d'Avesnières in Laval. They have three children. They reside in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. They also live in a château in Entrammes near Laval that he inherited from his father. They summer at their house on the île de Ré and winter in Courchevel.