Pietro Ferrero senior

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Pietro Ferrero (born September 2, 1898 in Farigliano , † March 2, 1949 in Alba ) was an Italian pastry chef and entrepreneur . He founded the Ferrero company in Alba in 1946 .

Pietro Ferrero was the son of Michele and Clara Devalle and grew up in a farming family.

Among other things, he developed the Nutella spread in 1940 . After his death, his widow Piera Cillario Ferrero took over the management of the company, later his son Michele Ferrero , under whom the Ferrero company prospered .