David Sprüngli (20 October 1776 – 14 February 1862) was a Swiss businessman, baker and confectioner. In 1836, he founded David Sprüngli & Son, now known as Confiserie Sprüngli.[1] He was the patriarch of the Zurich-based branch of the Sprüngli family.[2]
Early life and education
Sprüngli was born 20 October 1776 in Andelfingen, Switzerland, a then rural village in the Zürcher Oberland region, to Hans Heinrich Sprüngli, a financially destitute tailor, and Elisabetha Sprüngli (née Karrer).[3] He was raised in a modest family and was orphaned by 1784 aged 8.
He relocated to Zurich in 1797 aged 18, where he initially worked as a servant at the bakery of Hans Rudolf Koller until 1814 (also completing an apprenticeship as baker/confectioner).