Danone
Danone head office in Paris, July 2010 | |
| Formerly | Boussois-Souchon-Neuvesel (1966-1967) BSN (1967-1973) BSN-Gervais Danone (1973-1983) BSN Groupe (1983-1994) |
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| Company type | Public |
| Euronext Paris: BN
CAC 40 component | |
| ISIN | FR0000120644 |
| Industry | Food processing |
| Predecessor | Gervais Danone |
| Founded | Company: 1966 (as Boussois-Souchon-Neuvesel) Brand: 1919 |
| Founder | Isaac Carasso |
| Headquarters | Boulevard Haussmann 9th arrondissement, Paris, France (Operational) Hoofddorp, Netherlands (Global) |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Franck Riboud (honorary chairman) Gilles Schnepp (chairman) Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique (CEO) |
| Products | |
| Brands | Main brands |
| Revenue | €27.619 billion (2023) |
| €3.481 billion (2023) | |
| €881 million (2023) | |
| Total assets | €44.486 billion (2023) |
| Total equity | €16.176 billion (2023) |
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Number of employees | 96,000+ (2023) |
| Subsidiaries | Danone North America |
| Website | danone.com |
Danone S.A. (French pronunciation: [danɔn]) is a French multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. It was founded in 1919 in Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris, where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock market index. Some of the company's products are branded Dannon in the United States.
As of 2018, Danone sold products in 120 markets, and, in 2018, had sales of €24.65 billion. In the first half of 2018, 29% of sales came from specialized nutritional preparations, 19% came from branded bottled water, and 52% came from dairy and plant-based products (including yogurt).