French dairy family business now worth €13bn on cheese sales

The three siblings who own the manufacturer are now worth a combined €13.4bn.

France is home to the world’s richest person, the wealthiest woman and now the biggest dairy fortune.

Over the course of three generations, the secretive Besnier family has grown what began as an artisanal cheesemaking operation in northwestern France into Groupe Lactalis, one of the largest global food companies.