Nestle

1. NESTLE 1.1 Food and drink company from switzerland 1.2 2,000+ Brands internationally 1.3 86 countries - 418 plants 1.4 products available in 196 countries 1.5 employs 3,35,000+ 1.6 Revenue in 2016: 89.8 billion CHF 1.7 Profit: 8.89 billion CHF 1.7.1 Operating profit: 15%+ 1.7.2 Revenue distribution:           - America = 43%           - Europe = 28%           - Asia and Africa = 29% 1.8 17 R&D and product testing networks - cost 1.5 CHF annually 1.9 Chairman: Peter Brabeck Lemathe 1.10 CEO: Ulf Mark Schneider 1.11 CFO:  Francois-Xavier Roger ... 2. History 2.1 Founded by Henri Nestle in 1866 2.2 Merged with Daniel Peter (who invented milk chocolate) in 1879 2.3 Started out as an anglo-swiss condensed milk company 2.4 George and Chares page set up their own condensed milk company in 1867 2.5 Merged with Page and Page and became the Nestle and Anglo-swiss Condensed-milk company in 1905 2.6 Came to India in 1923  ... 3. Philosophy: Good food , good life ... 4.  Competition: 4.1 Unilever 4.2 Starbucks 4.3 Kraft Foods 4.4 Mars 4.5 PepsiCo 4.6 Brittania 4.7 Walmart 4.8 Patanjali 4.9 Amul 4.10 Glaxo Smith Con 4.11 KRBL 4.12 Hatsun Agro ... 5. News 5.1 2006 - ranked 66th in Fortune 500 companies list 5.2 2016 - ranked 33rd in Forbes 2000 companies list ... 6. Joint Ventures 6.1 Cereal Partners Worldwide - General Mills (50-50_ 6.2 Beverage Partners Worldwide - Coca-cola company (50-50) 6.3 Lactais Nestle Produits Frais - Lactalis (40-60) 6.4 Nestle-colgate Palmolive with Colgate-Palmolive (50-50)