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Henri Nestlé

1814 - 1890

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Henri Nestlé (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi nɛsle]; born Heinrich Nestle, German: [ˈhaɪnrɪç ˈnɛstlə]; 10 August 1814 – 7 July 1890) was a German-born Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Nestlé is the 75th most popular businessperson (down from 56th in 2019), the 624th most popular biography from Germany (down from 476th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Businessperson.

The company was founded by Henri Nestlé in 1867. They are most famous for their chocolate products, such as Kit Kat and Smarties.

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Among businesspeople, Henri Nestlé ranks 75 out of 847. Before him are Dietrich Mateschitz, J. Paul Getty, Martin Cooper, Jakob Fugger, Sergei Diaghilev, and Rupert Murdoch. After him are Richard Branson, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Larry Fink, Flavio Briatore, Robert Kardashian, and Bernie Ecclestone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Henri Nestlé ranks 12. Before him are Anders Jonas Ångström, Adolphe Sax, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Julius von Mayer, Edwin Stanton, and Hong Xiuquan. After him are Jenny von Westphalen, James Joseph Sylvester, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, August Grisebach, Eugène Charles Catalan, and Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel. Among people deceased in 1890, Henri Nestlé ranks 12. Before him are Amadeo I of Spain, William III of the Netherlands, Gyula Andrássy, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Joseph Merrick, and Carl Bloch. After him are Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Richard Francis Burton, William Kemmler, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, John Henry Newman, and Niels Gade.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Henri Nestlé ranks 624 out of 7,253. Before him are Feodor Lynen (1911), Hans von Seeckt (1866), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Till Lindemann (1963), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), and Wolfgang Paul (1913). After him are Georg Wittig (1897), Elsa Einstein (1876), Franz Boas (1858), Ernst Mayr (1904), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), and Kurt Weill (1900).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Henri Nestlé ranks 10. Before him are Adolf Dassler (1900), Levi Strauss (1829), Rudolf Dassler (1898), Otto Frank (1889), Robert Bosch (1861), and Jakob Fugger (1459). After him are Paul Reuter (1816), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), Elizabeth Christ Trump (1880), Uli Hoeneß (1952), Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682), and Karl Albrecht (1920).

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