Pierre Bellon

Pierre Bellon (born 24 January 1930) is a French billionaire businessman, the founder of Sodexo, a multinational food service and facilities management company.[2]

Pierre Bellon
Pierre Bellon
Born (1930-01-24) 24 January 1930
Marseille, France
NationalityFrench
EducationHEC Paris
OccupationChairman and founder, Sodexo
Net worth$6.0 billion (February 2018)[1]
Children4, including Sophie Bellon

Early life

Pierre Bellon earned a degree from HEC Paris.

Career

Bellon joined the Société d'exploitations hôtelières, aériennes, maritimes et terrestres in 1958. He started as a managing assistant, and rose to become CEO of the company.

In 1966, he founded Sodexho SA (renamed Sodexo in 2008). Sodexo supplies a variety of auxiliary services for thousands of institutions, including schools, hospitals, retirement centers, corporate and government offices, armed forces, recreational facilities, and correctional institutions.[3] Sodexo is a public traded company on New York and Paris exchanges.

Bellon relinquished the group CEO position of Sodexo in 2005, but continued as the chairman of the company until January 2016, when his daughter Sophie Bellon succeeded him as chairman.[1]

In 1987, he contributed to the creation of the non-profit Association Progrès du Management, which purpose is to focus on the progress of the company through the progress of its leaders.

His autobiography is entitled I Have Had a Great Time.

Personal life

Bellon is married, with four children, and lives in Paris.[1]

References
  1. "Pierre Bellon". Forbes. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. "Pierre Bellon & family". Forbes online. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  3. "Sodexo Homepage". Sodexo. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
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