Bernard Robert Louis Fraisse (born August 1956) is a French billionaire businessman, the chairman, founder and 100% owner of Fareva, a French pharmaceutical company, with annual revenues of $1.4 billion in 2015.
Early life
Fraisse has a degree in mechanical engineering.
Career
Fraisse founded Fareva in 1985, and the company now employs 9,500 people. Fareva is the largest contract manufacturing organization (CMO) in France.
Personal life
Fraisse live in Paris.
- Bernard Fraisse is the CEO of Fareva, one of the world’s largest contract pharmaceutical, household and cosmetics companies.
- After getting his degree in mechanical engineering, Fraisse worked as a chemical salesman before starting his own business in 1990.
- The first year his company generated $4.5 million in revenue. In 2017, Fareva pulled in $1.6 billion in revenue.
- He refuses to take any private equity money and intends to keep the company in family hands.
- Fareva, headquartered in France, has nearly 10,000 employees.
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