Died 2015-02-14.
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Michele Ferrero
Michele Ferrero was an Italian billionaire businessman. He owned the chocolate manufacturer Ferrero SpA, Europe's second-largest confectionery company, which he developed from the small bakery and café of his father in Alba, Piedmont. His first big success was his work with Francesco Rivella in adding vegetable oil to the traditional gianduja paste to make the popular spread Nutella.
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business · Italian entrepreneur (1925–2015) · entrepreneur · businessperson · also Michele Ferrero, Ferrero
Born 26 April 1925 · Died 14 February 2015 · Q251751
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2015· 2 entries
“The success of Ferrero we owe to Our Lady of Lourdes; without her we can do little.”
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2005).
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Merit for Labour (1971).
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1962· 1 entry
And they had two sons together, Giovanni Ferrero and Pietro Ferrero Jr
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-04-26.
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