Christophe Bonduelle (born December 14, 1959) is a French heir and businessman. He serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of

Bonduelle Bonduelle is a French company producing processed vegetables. History * The company was founded in 1853, when Louis Bonduelle-Dalle (23 October 1802 - 13 November 1880) and Louis Lesaffre-Roussel (1802–1869) established a grain and juniper b ...

Early life

Christophe Bonduelle was born on December 14, 1959, in

Renescure Renescure (; nl, Ruisscheure) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department in northern France. Renescure is the village where Bonduelle S.A. opened its first cannery. Heraldry See als ...

, France.Alexandre Lenoir
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'', July 13, 2007Christophe Bonduelle
''Libre Service Actualités'', May 18, 2011 His father, Félix Bonduelle, was a Commercial Director of Bonduelle. His mother was Bernadette Lemesre.Christophe Bonduelle
GeneaNet He has two brothers, Benoit and Marc, and two sisters, Veronique and Charlotte. Louis Bonduelle-Dalle, his paternal great-great-grandfather, co-founded Bonduelle with Louis Lesaffre-Roussel in 1853.160 ans, mais toujours aussi jeune: Christophe Bonduelle – Bonduelle
, EY Bonduelle graduated from the

EDHEC Business School EDHEC Business School (french: Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord) is a French grandes écoles business school with campus locations in: Lille, France; Nice, France; Paris, France; London, UK; and Singapore. EDHEC offers its flagship Mas ...

in 1982.Les barons de la bourse: Christophe Bonduelle
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Career

Bonduelle started his business career Map Conseils, followed by the Imprimerie Hemmerlé. Bonduelle joined the family business, Bonduelle, in 1985. He was the manager of its factory in

Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous ...

. He later opened branches in Spain and Portugal. He has served as its chairman since 2001 and as its chief executive officer since 2005.Christophe Bonduelle
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'' He established the

Louis Bonduelle Foundation The Louis Bonduelle Foundation, set up in 2004, is the Bonduelle group's corporate foundation. It acts internationally with the aim of changing eating habits in a sustainable manner, by providing everyone with the means of bringing vegetables ...

to promote the consumption of vegetables in 2005. Five years later, in 2010, he opened a new factory in Brazil. Bonduelle has served on the board of directors of the Association Nationale des Industries Alimentaires (ANIA) since 2005. He was the 2011 recipient of the "Chaptal 2011 de l'industrie" award from the

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. In 2009, he had an estimated wealth of Euro 261 million.

Personal life

Bonduelle is married to Isabelle Simon. They have four children.

References

Living people 1959 births People from Nord (French department) French business executives {{France-business-bio-stub