Paul J. Fribourg

Paul J. Fribourg (born 1954/55) is an American businessman, the chairman and CEO of ContiGroup Companies, a global agribusiness and food company, since 1976. Continental Grain was founded by Simon Fribourg in Arlon, Belgium in 1813. He is the sixth generation of the Fribourg family to lead the company.[2][3]

Paul J. Fribourg
Born1954/1955 (age 65–66)[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materAmherst College
Occupationbusinessman
Known forsixth generation of the Fribourg family to lead Continental Grain
TitleCEO, Continental Grain Company
Term1976-
Board member ofContiGroup Companies
Estée Lauder
Burger King
Loews Corporation
Bunge
Spouse(s)Josabeth Amar
Children4
Parent(s)Michel Fribourg
RelativesDavid Amar (father-in-law)

Early life

Paul J. Fribourg is the son of Jewish-American businessman Michel Fribourg, chairman emeritus of Continental Grain, who died April 10, 2001, and his wife Mary Ann.[4][5] He has four siblings, brothers Robert and Charles, and sisters Nadine and Caroline.[5]

He has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Economics from Amherst College.[1]

Career

Fribourg has been the chairman and CEO of ContiGroup Companies since 1976.[1]

He is a director of Estée Lauder, Restaurant Brands International, Syngenta, Bunge, Restaurant Technologies and Loews Corporation.[6]

Personal life

He married Josabeth Amar, the daughter of Moroccan Jewish businessman David Amar, and they have four children together, and three children from her first marriage.[7]

In 2012, Fribourg spent $27.2 million on a 5-bedroom, 5-bathroom apartment on New York's Fifth Avenue, previously owned by Bruce Fiedorek, the former vice chair of Morgan Stanley.[6]

References
  1. Paul J. Fribourg. "Paul J. Fribourg: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  2. JOHN SCHWARTZ (April 12, 2001). "Michel Fribourg, 87, Trader Who Opened Soviet Market – The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  3. "#187 ContiGroup Cos". Forbes.com. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  4. Beate Klarsfeld / Serge Klarsfeld (2015). Mémoires. Flammarion. ISBN 978-2-08132-399-5.
  5. "Paid Notice: Deaths FRIBOURG, MICHEL. P. – The New York Times". Nytimes.com. April 12, 2001. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  6. Kim Velsey (April 5, 2012). "Massive Fifth Avenue Apartment Passes From One Rich Businessman To Another". Observer. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  7. By PageSix.com Staff (September 5, 2007). "Behind Leona'S Testament". Page Six. Retrieved June 13, 2017.


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