Pierre Bellon & family
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- food services
- Industry
- Service
- Residence
- Children
- 4
Assets
- Sodexo S.A.45,818,362 shares @ --SW-FR
Biography
Pierre Bellon founded Paris-listed Sodexo in 1966 with 100,000 francs as a catering company in Marseille, France.
Bellon began to expand Sodexo internationally in 1971; its 420,000 employees now serve 100 million people in 64 countries daily.
After 50 years, Bellon retired as chairman of Sodexo in January 2016; he remains chairman emeritus. His daughter, Sophie, is now chairwoman.
In 2006, Bellon helped write and edit a book called "I've Had A Lot Of Fun: The Sodexo Story."
He released his second book, "To Serve And To Grow," in 2019, detailing his values and principles of management.
About
Sodexo has catered for a wide-ranging set of customers, feeding people at everything from mining sites in Africa to six Olympic games since 1988.
Thanks to a 2015 agreement, his four children and direct descendants cannot sell shares held in the family holding to anyone outside the clan until 2058.