Philippe Suchard (9 October 1797 – 14 January 1884) was a Swiss chocolatier, industrialist and entrepreneur who founded Chocolat Suchard in 1826.
Early life
Suchard was born on 9 October 1797 in Boudry, in the Principality of Neuchâtel (now the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel), to Louise Sophie Dubey and Guillaume Suchard, an innkeeper.[1] He started as an apprentice in his brother Frédéric's Konditorei in Bern around 1803,[2] and was an associate in the business between 1815 and 1823.[1] In 1824, Suchard left Switzerland to visit the United States, later writing a book about his travels,[3]