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Enric Bernat
Portrait of Enric Bernat Fontlladonosa by Eulogia Merle, displayed at Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología
Born	Enrique Bernat Fontlladonosa (1923-10-20)20 October 1923 Barcelona, Spain
Died	27 December 2003(2003-12-27) (aged 80) Barcelona, Spain
Occupation(s)	Scientist, businessperson
Employer	Chupa Chups
Spouse	Núria Serra
Children	5

Enrique Bernat Fontlladonosa; 20 October 1923 – 27 December 2003) was a Spanish scientist and businessman, and the founder of the Chupa Chups lollipop company.

Life

Bernat was the child of a confectioner Catalan family in the third generation and started his working life in his parents' cake shop. In the early 1950s he went to north Spain to revive an apple jam factory. As he introduced later his idea of lollipops to the investors, they left. Bernat took over the company in 1958 and renamed it Chupa Chups. In 1969 Salvador Dalí was paid a fortune to do the logo.

In the 1980s, Bernat failed a take-over of the insurance company Iberia de Seguros to fund a new Catalan investment bank. Despite the loss, he gained ownership of Gaudi's Casa Batlló. In 1991, he passed formal control of Chupa Chups to his son Xavier. The Smint subsidiary brand/company was founded in 1994.

Together with his wife Núria Serra he had three sons and two daughters, all surviving him.

Bernat died aged 80 at home in Barcelona on 27 December 2003, from an illness. A hundred people attended his funeral in Les Corts.

In 2006, Chupa Chups was sold to the Italian-Dutch company Perfetti van Melle by Bernat's sons.

External links

• Chupa Chups website

References

1. "Enric Bernat, fundador de Chupa Chups" [Enric Bernat, founder of Chupa Chups]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Mundinteractivos, S.A. 30 December 2003. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
2. ^ Eaude, Michael (3 January 2004). "Enric Bernat". The Guardian.
3. Brotons, Ròmul (2010). El triomf de la imaginació, 60 invents que han canviat el món (o gairebé) [The triumph of the imagination, 60 inventions that have changed the world (or almost)] (in Catalan). Barcelona: Albertí Editor. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-84-7246088-1. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
4. H. Vázquez, Carlos (2 July 2015). "Cuando Dalí reinventó Chupa Chups" [When Dalí reinvented Chupa Chups]. Forbes (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
5. Barud, Bibiñe (23 January 2018). "Salvador Dalí diseñó el logo de las paletas Chupa Chups y... no hay nada más surreal que eso" [Salvador Dalí designed the logo for the Chupa Chups lollipops and ... there is nothing more surreal than that]. BuzzFeed (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
6. "Our History". Perfetti Van Melle.
7. Valero, J.C. (29 December 2003). "Muere Enric Bernat, fundador de la multinacional española Chupa Chups" [Enric Bernat, founder of the Spanish multinational Chupa Chups, dies]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2018.
8. "Fallece a los 80 años Enric Bernat, el fundador de Chupa Chups" [Enric Bernat, the founder of Chupa Chups, dies at 80]. El País (in Spanish). Barcelona: PRISA. 28 December 2003. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
9. Europa Press (29 December 2003). "Medio centenar de personas asisten al funeral de Enric Bernat, fundador de Chupa Chups" [Fifty people attend the funeral of Enric Bernat, founder of Chupa Chups]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 30 May 2006.
10. "Las 70 familias de caciques que dominan España" [The 70 families of caciques that dominate Spain]. La Republica (in Spanish). 11 August 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
11. "Enric Bernat, 80; Creator of Famous Spanish Lollipop". Los Angeles Times. 1 January 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
12. "By the Numbers". Forbes. 18 March 2002. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

• 1923 births
• 2003 deaths
• Businesspeople from Catalonia
• Perfetti Van Melle people