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Henri Nestlé
Henri Nestlé was a German-born Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company.
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business · German-Swiss businessman (1814–1890) · entrepreneur · chemist · pharmacist · also Henri Nestlé, Henry Nestle, Henry Nestlé, Henri Nestle, Heinrich Nestle, Nestlé
Born 10 August 1814 · Died 7 July 1890 · Q57290
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1895· 1 entry
“Why I Am a Vegetarian: An Address Delived before the Chicago Vegetarian Society”
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1890· 1 entry
Died 1890-07-07.
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1875· 2 entries
After seven years of effort, and the two men subsequently formed a partnership which resulted, four years later, in 1879, in the organisation of the Nestlé Company, which eventually became one of the largest Europe-based
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To his business associates and then lived with his family alternately in Montreux and Glion, where they helped people with small loans and publicly contributed towards improving the local infrastructure
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1857· 1 entry
Began concentrating on gas lighting and fertilizers
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1843· 1 entry
Nestlé bought into one of the region's production of rapeseeds
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1834· 1 entry
Completed a four-year apprenticeship with J
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1814· 1 entry
Born 1814-08-10.
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