Pierre Bellon (24 January 1930 – 31 January 2022) was a French billionaire businessman, the founder of Sodexo, a multinational food service and facilities management company.[1]
Early life
Pierre Bellon earned a degree from HEC Paris.
Career
Pierre Bellon began his career in 1958 in the family business, as a sales representative, then management assistant, a position in which he managed to win various contracts.
In 1966, with the help of his family, he founded Sodexho SA (Société d'exploitations hôtelières, aériennes, maritimes et terrestres). This company, which was renamed Sodexo in 2008, supplies a variety of auxiliary services for thousands of institutions, including schools, hospitals, retirement centres, corporate and government offices, armed forces, recreational facilities, and correctional institutions.[2] Sodexo is a public traded company on New York and Paris exchanges.