Enric Bernat | |
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![]() Portrait of Enric Bernat Fontlladonosa by Eulogia Merle, exosed at
Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología | |
Born | Enrique Bernat Fontlladonosa 20 October 1923
Barcelona, Spain |
Died | 27 December 2003 Barcelona, Spain | (aged 80)
Occupation(s) | Scientist, businessperson |
Employer | Chupa Chups |
Spouse | Núria Serra |
Children | 5 |
Enrique Bernat Fontlladonosa; 20 October 1923 – 27 December 2003) was a Spanish scientist and businessman, and the founder of the Chupa Chups lollipop company. [1]
Bernat was the child of a confectioner Catalan family in the third generation and started his working life in his parents' cake shop. [2] In the early 1950s he went to north Spain to revive an apple jam factory. [2] As he introduced later his idea of lollipops to the investors, they left. Bernat took over the company in 1958 and renamed it Chupa Chups. [3] In 1969 Salvador Dalí was paid a fortune[ clarification needed] to do the logo. [4] [5]
In the 1980s, Bernat failed a take-over of the insurance company Iberia de Seguros to fund a new Catalan investment bank. [2] Despite the loss, he gained ownership of Gaudi's Casa Batlló. [2] In 1991, he passed formal control of Chupa Chups to his son Xavier. [2] The Smint subsidiary brand/company was founded in 1994. [6]
Together with his wife Núria Serra he had three sons and two daughters, all surviving him. [2]
Bernat died aged 80 at home in Barcelona on 27 December 2003, from an illness. [7] [8] A hundred people attended his funeral in Les Corts. [9]
In 2006, Chupa Chups was sold to the Italian-Dutch company Perfetti van Melle by Bernat's sons. [10] [11] [12]
Enric Bernat | |
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![]() Portrait of Enric Bernat Fontlladonosa by Eulogia Merle, exosed at
Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología | |
Born | Enrique Bernat Fontlladonosa 20 October 1923
Barcelona, Spain |
Died | 27 December 2003 Barcelona, Spain | (aged 80)
Occupation(s) | Scientist, businessperson |
Employer | Chupa Chups |
Spouse | Núria Serra |
Children | 5 |
Enrique Bernat Fontlladonosa; 20 October 1923 – 27 December 2003) was a Spanish scientist and businessman, and the founder of the Chupa Chups lollipop company. [1]
Bernat was the child of a confectioner Catalan family in the third generation and started his working life in his parents' cake shop. [2] In the early 1950s he went to north Spain to revive an apple jam factory. [2] As he introduced later his idea of lollipops to the investors, they left. Bernat took over the company in 1958 and renamed it Chupa Chups. [3] In 1969 Salvador Dalí was paid a fortune[ clarification needed] to do the logo. [4] [5]
In the 1980s, Bernat failed a take-over of the insurance company Iberia de Seguros to fund a new Catalan investment bank. [2] Despite the loss, he gained ownership of Gaudi's Casa Batlló. [2] In 1991, he passed formal control of Chupa Chups to his son Xavier. [2] The Smint subsidiary brand/company was founded in 1994. [6]
Together with his wife Núria Serra he had three sons and two daughters, all surviving him. [2]
Bernat died aged 80 at home in Barcelona on 27 December 2003, from an illness. [7] [8] A hundred people attended his funeral in Les Corts. [9]
In 2006, Chupa Chups was sold to the Italian-Dutch company Perfetti van Melle by Bernat's sons. [10] [11] [12]