Laurent Freixe (born 21 April 1962) is a French business executive, and the CEO of

Nestlé Nestlé S.A. ( ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 20 ...

since 2024.

Early life

Freixe was born in Paris in 1962, and educated at EDHEC Business School in

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Career

Freixe joined Nestlé France in 1986. On 1 September 2024, he succeeded Ulf Mark Schneider as CEO of Nestlé.

References

Living people Directors of Nestlé EDHEC Business School alumni French chief executives Businesspeople from Paris 1962 births {{France-business-bio-stub