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Lorenzo Servitje Sendra, commonly known as Lorenzo Servitje, (November 20, 1918 – February 3, 2017) was a Mexican accountant, businessman magnate, and philanthropist who co-founded Grupo Bimbo, the world's largest bakery company, in 1945 with a group of four business partners, including Jaime Jorba, Jaime Sendra, Alfonso Velasco and José T. Mata. BiographyServitje was born in Mexico City on November 20, 1918. His father, Juan Servitje, a baker by profession, and his mother, Josefina Sendra, had immigrated to Mexico from Catalonia in Spain.[1][2] His granddaughter is Mexican actress Marina de Tavira, notable of Academy Award nominated film Roma. Servitje is credited with expanding Bimbo from a small, Mexican baking company into a multinational conglomerate that has acquired more than 100 domestic and international brands, including Thomas', Entenmann's, Stroehmann, Oroweat and Freihofer's.[1][2] Servitje served as Bimbo's president from 1945 to 1981 and remained chairman of its board of directors until 1994.[2] He co-founded Bimbo in 1945 with just ten delivery vans and thirty-eight employees.[1] By 2017, Bimbo now owns 100 brands in 22 countries. The company reported $10.7 billion in sales in 2015.[1] DeathLorenzo Servitje died in Mexico City on February 3, 2017, at the age of 98.[1] He was predeceased by his wife, Carmen Montull Valles, who died in 2002, and survived by eight children, 24 grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren.[1][2] His son, Daniel Servitje Montull, is currently the Chairman and CEO of Grupo Bimbo.[2][3] Dignitaries in attendance at Servitje's funeral included Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, chairman of Grupo Carso Carlos Slim, and billionaire businessman Alberto Baillères.[3] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news|title=Mexican bakery king Lorenzo Servitje, who turned Bimbo Bread into international empire, dies at 98|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-lorenzo-servitje-20170203-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2017-02-03|accessdate=2017-02-27}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Servitje, Lorenzo}}{{Mexico-business-bio-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|first=Sam|last=Roberts|title=Lorenzo Servitje, a Founder of the World’s Biggest Bakery, Dies at 98 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/business/lorenzo-servitje-a-founder-of-the-worlds-biggest-bakery-dies-at-98.html?_r=0|work=New York Times|date=2017-02-06|accessdate=2017-02-27}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|first=Dolia |last=Estevez|title=Billionaire Carlos Slim And Mexico's Bread Giant Bimbo To Launch A Made-In-Mexico Electric Vehicle|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/doliaestevez/2017/02/06/billionaire-carlos-slim-and-mexicos-bread-giant-bimbo-to-launch-a-made-in-mexico-electric-vehicle/#7139072e1ae5|work=Forbes|date=2017-02-06|accessdate=2017-02-27}} 12 : Mexican chief executives|Mexican business executives|Mexican investors|Mexican company founders|Food and drink company founders|Mexican people of Catalan descent|Mexican people of Spanish descent|Businesspeople from Mexico City|1918 births|2017 deaths|20th-century Mexican businesspeople|21st-century Mexican businesspeople |
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