Nestlé

Overview

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• TickerNESN on Swiss Stock Exchange¹
• Industryfood industry¹
• HeadquartersVevey¹
• Websitewww.nestle.com
• Legal formAktiengesellschaft, public company¹
• Slogan“Good food, Good life”¹
• Business addressAve Nesele 55, Ch-1800, Vevey, V8⁵

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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 2014. It ranked No. 64 on the Fortune Global 500 in 2017. In 2023, the company was ranked 50th in the Forbes Global 2000.³

The story

Founded by Henri Nestlé in 1866.¹

Leadership

Who has led Nestlé, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderHenri Nestlé¹
• Chief executive officerPhilipp Navratil 2025 to now¹
• Chief executive officerUlf Mark Schneider 2017 to 2024¹

Products and brands

• Café El Águila
• El Chaná
• Nescafé
• Nespresso
• Nesquik
• Nestea
• Vascolet
• drinking water

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

• BlackRock 3.7% since Dec 2009
• treasury stock 3.3%
• Norges Bank Investment Management 2.5%

Subsidiaries

• BlueTriton Brands
• Bonka
• Buitoni
• Cereal Partners Worldwide
• Deutsche Aktiengesellschaft für Nestle-Erzeugnisse
• Froneri
• Gerber Products Company
• Maggi
• Menier Chocolate
• Nespresso
• Nestle España
• Nestlé (Canada)
• Nestlé (United States)
• Nestlé Côte d'Ivoire
• Nestlé Deutschland
• Nestlé Hellas
• Nestlé India
• Nestlé Ireland
• Nestlé Pakistan
• Nestlé Purina PetCare
• Nestlé Rossiya
• Nestlé United Kingdom
• Nestlé Waters
• Nestlé Česko

Also owns

• Wagner Pizza 100% since 2012
• Beverage Partners Worldwide 50%
• L'Oréal 26.4% since 2004
• After Eight
• Friskies PetCare Company
• Garoto
• Hsu Fu Chi
• Kit Kat
• Quality Street
• Sical
• Smarties
• Stouffer's
• The Willy Wonka Candy Company
• Tombstone
• Uncle Tobys
• Walnut Whip
• Dreyer's since 2002

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

1. 2022Acquired Seattle's Best Coffee¹
2. 2018Acquired Tivall CZ¹
3. 2017Blue Bottle Coffee Company became a subsidiary¹
4. 2012Acquired Wagner Pizza¹
5. 2004Acquired L'Oréal¹
6. 2002Acquired Dreyer's¹
7. 1998Acquired Drammens Is¹
8. 1997Acquired D'Onofrio¹
9. 1997Acquired Flipz¹
10. 1997Acquired Sanpellegrino S.p.A.¹
11. 1977Alcon became a subsidiary¹
12. 1936Unilac, Inc. became a subsidiary¹

Employees over time

• 2023270,000¹
• 2021276,000¹
• 2015335,000¹
• 2014339,000¹

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

• 202589.5B CHF¹
• 202491.4B CHF¹
• 202393.0B CHF¹
• 202294.4B CHF¹
• 202187.1B CHF¹
• 202084.3B CHF¹

Net income

• 20259.0B CHF¹
• 202410.9B CHF¹
• 202311.2B CHF¹
• 20229.3B CHF¹
• 202116.9B CHF¹
• 202012.2B CHF¹

Timeline

1. 2025New chief executive Philipp Navratil becomes CEO¹
2. 2017New chief executive Ulf Mark Schneider becomes CEO¹
3. 1866Founded Founded¹

Links

• Websiteempresa.nestle.es¹
• Websitewww.nestle.com¹
• X (Twitter)x.com/Nestle¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/Nestle¹
• Instagramwww.instagram.com/nestle¹
• YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCdfxp4cUWsWryZOy-o427dw¹
• LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/nestle-s-a-¹
• WikipediaNestlé
• WikidataQ160746
• SEC EDGARCIK 792990