Enric Bernat
Enrique Bernat Fontlladonosa; 20 October 1923 – 27 December 2003) was a Spanish scientist and businessman, and the founder of the Chupa Chups lollipop company.
Also recorded as Enric Bernat i Fontlladosa
Enric Bernat
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- Name
- Enric Bernat
- Birth Name
- Enrique Bernat Fontlladonosa
- Born
- 20 October 1923
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain
- Died
- 27 December 2003
- Occupation
- Scientist, businessperson
- Spouse
- Núria Serra
- Nationality
- Spain
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• Name — Enric Bernat • Birth Name — Enrique Bernat Fontlladonosa • Born — 20 October 1923 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Died — 27 December 2003 • Place of death — Barcelona, Spain • Occupation — Scientist, businessperson • Employer — Chupa Chups • Spouse — Núria Serra • Children — 5
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Enric Bernat, an artist, was born in 1923 and died in 2003. Both events are recorded by the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
Life
Life
Bernat was the child of a confectioner Catalan family in the third generation and started his working life in his parents' cake shop. 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. In 1969 Salvador Dalí was paid a fortune to do the logo. 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. 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. A hundred people attended his funeral in Les Corts. In 2006, Chupa Chups was sold to the Italian-Dutch company Perfetti van Melle by Bernat's sons.
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1923
Enric Bernat born at Barcelona.
2003
Enric Bernat died at Barcelona.
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- 1.Mundinteractivos, S.A. Enric Bernat, fundador de Chupa Chups. El Mundo. 30 December 2003.
- 2.Eaude, Michael. Enric Bernat. The Guardian. January 3, 2004.
- 3.Brotons, Ròmul. El triomf de la imaginació, 60 invents que han canviat el món (o gairebé). Albertí Editor. 49–50. 2010. 978-84-7246088-1.
- 4.H. Vázquez, Carlos. Cuando Dalí reinventó Chupa Chups. Forbes. July 2, 2015.
- 5.Barud, Bibiñe. Salvador Dalí diseñó el logo de las paletas Chupa Chups y. no hay nada más surreal que eso. BuzzFeed. January 23, 2018.
- 6.Our History. Perfetti Van Melle.
- 7.Valero, J.C. Muere Enric Bernat, fundador de la multinacional española Chupa Chups. ABC. December 29, 2003.
- 8.PRISA. Fallece a los 80 años Enric Bernat, el fundador de Chupa Chups. El País. December 28, 2003.
- 9.Europa Press. Medio centenar de personas asisten al funeral de Enric Bernat, fundador de Chupa Chups. La Vanguardia. December 29, 2003.
- 10.Las 70 familias de caciques que dominan España. La Republica. August 11, 2013.
- 11.Enric Bernat, 80; Creator of Famous Spanish Lollipop. Los Angeles Times. 2004-01-01.
- 12.By the Numbers. Forbes. 18 March 2002.
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