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Mars Inc. is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services, with US$45 billion in annual sales in 2022; [7] that year Forbes ranked the company as the fourth-largest privately held company in the United States. [8]
4.2 The Wrigley Company. 4.3 Other brands. ... This is a list of brands owned by Mars Inc. [1] Mars Edge. Mars Edge is primarily food nutrition research and ...
Nestlé owned 100% of Alcon in 1978. In 2002 Nestlé sold 23.2% of its Alcon shares on the New York Stock Exchange. In 2008 Nestlé sold 24.8% of existing Alcon shares to the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis. In 2010 Nestlé sold the remaining 52% of its Alcon shares to Novartis. Novartis paid a total of 39.1 bn USD.
Simmons Foods was founded in 1949 by founder M.H. Bill Simmons, [3] their current CEO is his grandson Todd Simmons. [4]The company was incorporated in 1984. [4]In August 2010, the Simmons Pet Food division bought out Menu Foods for $239 million.
The Mars family is an American family that owns the confectionery company Mars Inc. In 1988, the family was ranked as the richest family in the United States of America by Fortune magazine. It has since been surpassed by the Walton family and the Koch family , and was ranked as the third richest family in America in 2016.
Mars’s relationship with pet owners has accelerated dramatically in recent years, but the company has long had ties to the pet industry. In 1935, it acquired the U.K. maker of CHAPPIE canned dog ...
Carnation was acquired for US$3 billion in 1984 and brought the evaporated milk brand, as well as Coffee-Mate and Friskies, to Nestlé. In 1986, the company founded Nestlé Nespresso S.A. The British confectionery company Rowntree Mackintosh was acquired in 1988 for $4.5 billion, which brought brands such as Kit Kat, Rolo, Smarties, and Aero. [31]
The vast majority of the Mars family fortune is derived from the eponymous company, one of the few conglomerates to have snubbed a stock market listing in favor of secrecy.