Nestlé SA

Overview

Date Founded

1905

Headquarters

Avenue Nestlé 55,Vevey, Vaud 1800

Type of Company

Public

Employees (Worldwide)

291K

Industries

Food
Waste Management & Recycling
Power & Utilities
Hospitals & Patient Services
Personal Products
Hotels, Resorts, and Cruiselines
Beverages
Livestock & Animals

Company Description

Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world, measured by revenues and other metrics, since 2014. It ranked No. 64 on the Fortune Global 500 in 2017 and No. 33 on the 2016 edition of the Forbes Global 2000 list of largest public companies. Nestlé's products include baby food, medical food, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea, confectionery, dairy products, ice cream, frozen food, pet foods, and snacks. Twenty-nine of Nestlé's brands have annual sales of over CHF1 billion (about US$1.1 billion), including Nespresso, Nescafé, Kit Kat, Smarties, Nesquik, Stouffer's, Vittel, and Maggi. Nestlé has 447 factories, operates in 189 countries, and employs around 339,000 people. It is one of the main shareholders of L'Oreal, the world's largest cosmetics company. Nestlé was formed in 1905 by the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1866 by brothers George and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé. The company grew significantly during the First World War and again following the Second World War, expanding its offerings beyond its early condensed milk and infant formula products. The company has made a number of corporate acquisitions, including Crosse & Blackwell in 1950, Findus in 1963, Libby's in 1971, Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988, Klim in 1998, and Gerber in 2007. The company has seen various controversies, facing criticism and boycotts over its marketing of baby formula as an alternative to breastfeeding in developing countries, its reliance on child labour in cocoa production, and its production and promotion of bottled water.

Website

http://www.nestle.com

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Executives & Employees

Ulf Mark Schneider

Chief Executive Officer

François-Xavier Michel Marie Roger

Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer

Leanne Geale

Executive Vice President, Head-Compliance & General Counsel

Stefan Palzer

Chief Technology Officer & Executive Vice President

Chris Johnson

Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer Zone Asia, Oceania & Sub-Saharan Africa (AOA)

Laurent Freixe

Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Zone Americas, United States of America, Canada, Latin America & Caribbean

Marco Settembri

Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Zone Europe, Middle East & North Africa

Magdi Batato

Executive Vice President Head of Operations

Béatrice Guillaume-Grabisch

Executive Vice President & Global Head Human Resources & Business Services

Sanjay Bahadur

Deputy Executive Vice President & Head of Group Strategy & Business Development

Board of Directors

Paul Bulcke

Director at L'Oréal SA

Henry de Castries

Senior Advisor at General Atlantic Service Co. LP

Pablo Isla

Executive Chairman at Industria de Diseño Textil SA

Ursula Burns

Founder at Change the Equation, Inc.

Kimberly A. Ross

Former Chief Financial Officer at Wework Cos., Inc.

Ulf Mark Schneider

Chief Executive Officer at Nestlé SA

Renato Fassbind

Former Chief Financial Officer & Member, Executive Board at Credit Suisse Group AG

Dinesh Paliwal

Director at Nestlé SA

Ann Margaret Veneman

Co-Chair, Prevention Initiative at Bipartisan Policy Center, Inc.

Kam Fun Cheng Li

Executive Director at Our Hong Kong Foundation Limited

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Owners & Shareholders

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Capital Research & Management Co. (World Investors)

CWI employs a long-term, value-oriented global investment approach and a multiple portfolio manager system that combines teamwork and individual accountability. The firm utilizes fundamental research to gather in-depth information on markets and companies around the world. They also employ a security-by-security approach to portfolio construction and emphasize long-term investments. Their strategies focus on determining the difference between the fundamental value of a company and its price in the marketplace. CWI offers a wide variety of equity, fixed-income and balanced investment strategies. Their strategies are categorized as global, multi-regional and regional investment strategies.

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Norges Bank Investment Management

NBIM is an active, conservative manager with a long-term outlook that aims to achieve the highest possible return on the Government Pension Fund Global within the investment mandate set by the Ministry of Finance, which owns the fund on behalf of the Norwegian people. The ministry determines the fund’s investment strategy, following advice from among others, NBIM and discussions in Parliament. The firm’s mandate defines the investment universe and the fund's strategic reference index. The Ministry of Finance has on a regular basis transferred capital to the fund from the Norwegian state's petroleum revenues. The fund's capital is invested abroad, to avoid overheating the Norwegian economy and to shield it from the effects of oil price fluctuations. The fund invests in international equity and fixed-income markets and real estate. It is invested in most markets, countries and currencies to achieve broad exposure to global economic growth. The investments are to produce a high long-term return. NBIM aims to achieve this this with an acceptable level of risk, as a responsible investor and through an efficient organization.

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UBS Asset Management Switzerland AG

UBS Asset Management Switzerland offers investment capabilities across all major traditional and alternative asset classes.

Recent Transactions

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Cyprium Investment Partners LLC, Ice River Springs Water Co., Inc. purchase Nestle Canada, Inc. /Nestlé Pure Life Bottled Water Business from Nestlé SA

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Nestlé Health Science SA, Nestlé SA purchase Vital Proteins LLC

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Brynwood Partners Management LLC purchases Nestle USA, Inc. /North American Buitoni Bus from Nestlé SA

Transaction Advisors

Accountant

KPMG LLP

Advised onDreyer 's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. purchases Nestlé SA /US Ice Cream Business from Nestlé SA

Legal Advisor

Mayer Brown LLP

Advised onNestlé SA purchases Pfizer Nutrition from Pfizer, Inc.

Investment Advisor

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Broker)

Advised onNovartis AG purchases Alcon, Inc. from Nestlé SA

Co-Chair, India Practice

David A. Carpenter

Advised onNestlé SA purchases Pfizer Nutrition from Pfizer, Inc.

Legal Advisor

John P. Boelter

Advised onNestlé SA purchases Pfizer Nutrition from Pfizer, Inc.

Legal Advisor

James R. Barry

Advised onNestlé SA purchases Pfizer Nutrition from Pfizer, Inc.

Advisors & Consultants

Legal Advisor

John D. Colahan

Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP

Legal Advisor

John T. Gaffney

Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Advisor

Niso Abuaf

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Key Stats and Financials As of 2019

Market Capitalization

$316B

Total Enterprise Value

$340B

Earnings Per Share

$4.37

Enterprise Value / Sales

3.62x

Enterprise Value EBITDAOperating

16.77x

EBITDAMargin

21.58%

TEVNet Income

26.58x

Debt TEV

0.11x

Three Year Compounded Annual Growth Rate Of Revenue

1.14%

Revenue

$93.9B

Net Profit

$12.8B

Total Equity

$53.6B

EBITDA

$20.3B

Total Debt

$37.7B

Non-Profit Donations & Grants

$25K - $50K

2017

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$300

2013

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$300

2013

Carlin Yoder

$250

2013

Donald J. Lehe

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James Higa

Treasurer/Executive Director at Philanthropic Ventures Foundation

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