Michel Fribourg | |
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Born | 1913 Antwerp, Belgium |
Died | April 10 2001 (aged 87–88) New York, New York, US |
Nationality | Belgian and American |
Occupation | businessman |
Title | Chairman and CEO of Continental Grain |
Spouse | Mary Ann |
Children | Robert, Paul, Charles, Nadine and Caroline |
Michel P. Fribourg (1913 – April 10, 2001) was an American billionaire businessman, the chairman and CEO of Continental Grain, a global agribusiness and food company founded by Simon Fribourg in Arlon, Belgium in 1813. In his New York Times obituary, he was called "certainly the premier figure in world trade in food of the 20th century".[1]