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Paul Bulcke
Belgian businessman (born 1954)
Paul Bulcke (born 8 September 1954) is a Belgian businessman. He was CEO of Nestlé from 2008 to 2016.2
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Born Sep 8, 1954.1
About
He was chairman of Nestlé from 2017 to 2025.
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedKatholieke Universiteit Leuven3
- Date not recordedGhent University3
- Date not recordedVlerick Business School3
He graduated as a commercial engineer at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and is an alumnus of the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School. He also attended the program for executive development at the Swiss leading business school International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne.
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Career
Occupation: entrepreneur.6
In 1979, aged 25, he started working for the Nestlé group and worked in different countries, including Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Portugal, Czech Republic and Germany. Before his appointment as CEO of Nestlé, he was the executive vice president of its Americas divisions.
Bulcke has described Nestlé under his tenure as 'une force tranquille' (English: 'calm strength'). He is known for having a reserved, quiet personal manner.
He was succeeded as CEO by Ulf Mark Schneider in January 2017.
In September 2025, Nestlé announced Bulcke would leave his position at the end of September, six months earlier than planned, as part of an accelerated management transition.
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Personal life
He is married, has three children, and speaks six languages: Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German and English. He likes to go sailing as a hobby.
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Sources
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- 1WikidataPaul Bulcke on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPaul Bulcke on Wikipedia
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- 9WikidataL'Oréal, Board member
- 10Wikimedia CommonsPaul Bulcke photo by US Department of Labor, CC BY 2.0