Name
Augusto Perfetti
Primary Residence
Lugano, Switzerland
Citizenship
Italy
Source Of Wealth
candy
Net Worth
$7,000,000,000
Forbes Profile
Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:
244
Forbes List Rank One: Title
#244 Billionaires 2019
- Leave a review
- Bookmark
- Share
- Claim listing
- Report
- prev
- next
Summary
Brothers Augusto and Giorgio Perfetti own candy and gum giant Perfetti Van Melle, a private company with over $2.8 billion revenues in 2017.The company's top-selling brands include Mentos and Airheads.In 2001, the Perfettis acquired Netherlands-based Van Melle. Five years later they also acquired Spain's Chupa Chups.Their father Ambrogio and uncle Egidio started the company in 1946 as a chewing gum business in a small town near Milan. The media-shy brothers live in Switzerland and no longer run the business.
Did you know?
Their father and uncle were inspired to start the company after seeing American soldiers bring gum to Europe during World War II.Giorgio Perfetti reportedly owns one of the world's most renowned Ferrari car collections, including a much-coveted 1962 250 GTO.
Categories
Brothers
Augusto Perfetti
You May Also Be Interested In
Robert Ng
$12,100,000,000
Kuldip Singh Dhingra
$4,500,000,000
Reiner Schmidt-Ruthenbeck
$2,100,000,000
×
Add a review