Name
Josef Boquoi
Primary Residence
Straelen, Germany
Citizenship
Germany
Source Of Wealth
frozen foods, Self Made
Net Worth
$1,500,000,000
Forbes Profile
Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:
1511
Forbes List Rank One: Title
#1511 Billionaires 2019
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Summary
Frozen-food king Josef Boquoi presides over bofrost, which has approximately 11,000 employees, four million customers and $1.6 billion in revenue.He joined his father's small coffee- and grain-roasting firm in 1953, after receiving a business degree and completing an apprenticeship in Hamburg.He introduced new items and developed a business model based on freezing and packaging a variety of fresh food, and delivering direct to households.His first refrigerated vans hit the streets of Germany in 1969.Today, bofrost, based in Straelen, offers upwards of 1,000 different specialities in Europe, delivered by a fleet of 5,500 sales vehicles.
Did you know?
In Venice, customer orders are brought by boat, while in Madrid small vehicles are deployed to be able to navigate through the narrowest of alleys.Boquoi unsuccessfully sued Germany's Manager Magazine for including him on its list of richest Germans, claiming it was a violation of his privacy.
Age
85
Categories
Number of Children
3
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