In Verona, at 79, the "king of Pandoro" died, and in Milan, at 98, the grandson of the founder of the famous chocolate company
Two griefs, a few hours apart, in the Italian confectionery business: Alberto Bauli died in Verona, 79 years old, «king of the pandoro, e Cavalier Stefano Pernigotti in Milan, 98, grandson of the founder of the chocolate company.
Alberto Bauli
Bauli, for more than 25 years, was the president of the confectionery group founded in 1922 by his father Ruggero, which is now based in Castel d’Azzano, in the province of Verona. With the engineer Alberto Bauli, the family business has become a leader in Italy and Europe in Christmas and Easter sweets, such as pandoro, panettone and colombe, but increasingly present also in continuous sweets sector (biscuits, snacks, brioches and crackers): in 2006 Bauli acquired the Doria biscuit factory, and in 2009 took over the products of the Motta and Alemagna brands from Nestlè (he often joked: "The president of the Swiss giant thought I had gone to see him to sell our company to him "). In recent years he had initiated an ambitious cross-border growth plan, where the group now generates 15% of its turnover. In the latest balance sheet, the turnover reached close to 500 million, with a positive income statement of 11 million.
Stefano Pernigotti
It was his grandfather who founded the Novi Ligure confectionery company, but it was Stefano Pernigotti who transformed it into one of the most important brands in the confectionery industry and chocolate, in an enlightened company that put the interests of the community and workers before the logic of profit. He was passionate about hunting and sports, especially football: to his two sons Paolo and Lorenzo, who died prematurely in a car accident in Uruguay, in 1980, he had entitled a youth football tournament which, for many years, was played in Novi Ligure. In 1995, Pernigotti ceded the ownership of the company to the Sicilian Averna. But he always remained fond of his family's industry and followed the passage to the Turkish Toksoz brothers and all the vicissitudes and problems of Pernigotti. He lived in Milan, but will be buried in Novi Ligure in the family tomb.
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