Enric Bernat Explained

Enric Bernat
Birth Name:Enrique Bernat Fontlladonosa
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Birth Date:20 October 1923
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Death Place:Barcelona, Spain
Occupation:Scientist, businessperson
Employer:Chupa Chups
Spouse:Núria Serra
Children:5

Enrique Bernat Fontlladonosa; 20 October 1923  - 27 December 2003) was a Spanish scientist and businessman, and the founder of the Chupa Chups lollipop company.[1]

Life

Bernat was the child of a confectioner Catalan family in the third generation and started his working life in his parents' cake shop.[2] In the early 1950s he went to north Spain to revive an apple jam factory. As he introduced later his idea of lollipops to the investors, they left. Bernat took over the company in 1958 and renamed it Chupa Chups.[3] In 1969 Salvador Dalí was paid a fortune to do the logo.[4] [5]

In the 1980s, Bernat failed a take-over of the insurance company Iberia de Seguros to fund a new Catalan investment bank. Despite the loss, he gained ownership of Gaudi's Casa Batlló. In 1991, he passed formal control of Chupa Chups to his son Xavier. The Smint subsidiary brand/company was founded in 1994.[6]

Together with his wife Núria Serra he had three sons and two daughters, all surviving him.

Bernat died aged 80 at home in Barcelona on 27 December 2003, from an illness.[7] [8] A hundred people attended his funeral in Les Corts.[9]

In 2006, Chupa Chups was sold to the Italian-Dutch company Perfetti van Melle by Bernat's sons.[10] [11] [12]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Enric Bernat, fundador de Chupa Chups . 30 December 2003 . 17 March 2018 . . Mundinteractivos, S.A. . es. Enric Bernat, founder of Chupa Chups.
  2. Web site: Enric Bernat. January 3, 2004. Michael. Eaude. The Guardian.
  3. Book: Brotons, Ròmul . El triomf de la imaginació, 60 invents que han canviat el món (o gairebé) . Albertí Editor . Barcelona . 2010 . 49–50 . 978-84-7246088-1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100445/http://www.albertieditor.cat/ficha.php?id_producto=5878 . October 6, 2014. The triumph of the imagination, 60 inventions that have changed the world (or almost). Catalan.
  4. H. Vázquez . Carlos . Cuando Dalí reinventó Chupa Chups . . July 2, 2015 . March 17, 2018 . es. When Dalí reinvented Chupa Chups.
  5. Barud . Bibiñe . Salvador Dalí diseñó el logo de las paletas Chupa Chups y... no hay nada más surreal que eso . January 23, 2018 . March 17, 2018 . . es. Salvador Dalí designed the logo for the Chupa Chups lollipops and ... there is nothing more surreal than that.
  6. Web site: Our History. Perfetti Van Melle.
  7. News: Muere Enric Bernat, fundador de la multinacional española Chupa Chups . J.C. . Valero . December 29, 2003 . September 10, 2018 . . es. Enric Bernat, founder of the Spanish multinational Chupa Chups, dies.
  8. News: Fallece a los 80 años Enric Bernat, el fundador de Chupa Chups . Barcelona . December 28, 2003 . September 10, 2018 . . . es. Enric Bernat, the founder of Chupa Chups, dies at 80.
  9. News: Medio centenar de personas asisten al funeral de Enric Bernat, fundador de Chupa Chups . December 29, 2003 . May 30, 2006 . . es . Europa Press . Europa Press (news agency) . Barcelona. Fifty people attend the funeral of Enric Bernat, founder of Chupa Chups.
  10. News: Las 70 familias de caciques que dominan España . https://web.archive.org/web/20141213204457/http://www.larepublica.es/2013/08/las-70-familias-de-caciques-que-dominan-espana/ . December 13, 2014 . La Republica . es . August 11, 2013 . September 10, 2018 . dead. The 70 families of caciques that dominate Spain.
  11. Web site: 2004-01-01. Enric Bernat, 80; Creator of Famous Spanish Lollipop. 2021-05-13. Los Angeles Times.
  12. Web site: By the Numbers. 2021-05-13. 18 March 2002. Forbes.

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