Giovanni Ferrero is the executive chairman of his family’s confections company known as Ferrero which generated $18 billion in revenues in 2023.
Ferrero is best known for its Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread, Tic Tac mints and Kinder chocolates.
Giovanni Ferrero and Pietro served as co-CEOs pf the company. The latter died of heart attack in 2011.
Giovanni Ferrero stepped down as CEO but stayed on as chairman to focus on corporate strategy.
In 2018 Giovanni Ferrero acquired Nestle’s entire confections business in USA for a sum of $2.8 billion.
Giovanni Ferrero has also written and published eight novels.
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