Paul J. Fribourg

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| nationality = American

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| alma mater = Amherst College

| occupation = businessman

| title = CEO, Continental Grain Company

| term = 1976-

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| known for = sixth generation of the Fribourg family to lead Continental Grain

| boards = ContiGroup Companies
Estée Lauder
Burger King
Loews Corporation
Bunge

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| spouse = Josabeth Amar

| children = 4

| parents = Michel Fribourg

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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.{{cite news|author=John Schwartz|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/12/business/michel-fribourg-87-trader-who-opened-soviet-market.html |title=Michel Fribourg, 87, Trader Who Opened Soviet Market |work=The New York Times |date=April 12, 2001 |access-date=June 12, 2017|url-access=subscription}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/21/biz_06privates_ContiGroup-Cos_NDKT.html |title=#187 ContiGroup Cos |work=Forbes |access-date=June 13, 2017}}{{dead link|date=August 2022}}

Early life

Paul J. Fribourg is the son of Jewish-American businessman Michel Fribourg, chairman emeritus of Continental Grain, who died on April 10, 2001, and his wife Mary Ann.{{cite book|author1=Beate Klarsfeld|author2=Serge Klarsfeld |title= Mémoires |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHXjBgAAQBAJ&q=Michel+Fribourg+juif&pg=PT331|year=2015|publisher=Flammarion|isbn=978-2-08132-399-5|via=Google Books|language=fr}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/12/classified/paid-notice-deaths-fribourg-michel-p.html |title=Paid Notice: Deaths FRIBOURG, MICHEL. P. |work=The New York Times |date=April 12, 2001 |access-date=June 12, 2017|url-access=subscription}} He has four siblings, brothers Robert and Charles, and sisters Nadine and Caroline.

He has a bachelor's degree in business administration and economics from Amherst College.

Career

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

He is a director of Estée Lauder, Restaurant Brands International, Syngenta, Bunge, Restaurant Technologies and Loews Corporation.{{cite web|author=Kim Velsey |url=http://observer.com/2012/04/massive-fifth-avenue-apartment-passes-from-one-rich-businessman-to-another/ |title=Massive Fifth Avenue Apartment Passes From One Rich Businessman To Another |website=Observer |date=April 5, 2012 |access-date=June 13, 2017}}

Personal life

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.

References

Category:1950s births

Category:Living people

Category:American businesspeople

Category:American people of Belgian-Jewish descent