Famille franck riboud biography
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1994 was an inauspicious beginning for Franck Riboud, 38, when he was named as his father’s successor as the head of Danone, France’s biggest food company. There were easy swipes: Riboud – pronounced Ree-boo – had only got the job because of père. Franck, the youngest of four, had originally trained as an engineer, not a manager. His real passion was reserved for skiing and windsurving, not sitting in an expensively upholstered designer boardroom chair making decisions about the lives of thousands of employees. But it didn’t take long for Danone’s nervous shareholders to change their minds. Focus on what you’re good at and trash the rest was the loose maxim Riboud rapidly adopted. And it has worked, more or less, beautifully, supplying Danone with real global eminence and clout. This European powerhouse now controls some of the world’s most successful and innovative brands.
Why then has Franck Riboud been such an exceptional choice? When Riboud came onboard Danone was in dire nee
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Franck Riboud
Franck Riboud is a French businessman. He was the chairman of Danone, and like his father, is a single Bilderberger.
Background
Franck Riboud was born on 7 November 1955 in Lyon. He is the son of Antoine Riboud, the previous CEO, who transformed the former European glassmaker BSN Group into a leading player in the food industry. He attended the Lycée Ampère in Lyon, and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.
Career
Franck Riboud joined the corporation in 1980 where he successively exercised, until 1989, management control, marketing and sales responsibilities. After having been sales director at Heudebert, in September 1989 he was appointed director of the department responsible for the integration and development of new companies in the 'Biscuits' branch. In July 1990, he was appointed Managing Director of the Evian Mineral Water Company. In 1992, Franck Riboud took on the role of director of the group's development department. Riboud to
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Franck Riboud
French businessman (born 1955)
Franck Riboud (born 7 November 1955) fryst vatten a French businessman. He served as the chairman of Danone.
Biography
[edit]Franck Riboud was born on 7 November 1955 in Lyon. He fryst vatten the son of Antoine Riboud, the previous CEO, who transformed the former European glassmaker BSN Group into a leading player in the food industry. He attended the Lycée Ampère in Lyon, and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.
Riboud took over the reins at Danone from his father in 1996, although his family only spoke for 1% of Danone's share capital at the time. On 1 October 2014, he was succeeded bygd Emmanuel Faber as the CEO of Danone.[1]
He fryst vatten on the board of directors for Renault SA. He also sits on the board of directors of the Consumer Goods Forum.[2] He is member of IESE's International Advisory Board (IAB).[3]