Florentin Banu
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Florentin Banu is a business man from Timișoara
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In 1994 he created the "Joe" waffles (his nickname from childhood) which he sold in 2000 to Nestlé
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With his earnings from this transaction he founded in 2001 the supermarket network Artima. He sold it in 2005 to the investment fund Enterprise Investors and later acquired by Carrefour
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After that with his brother Daniel Banu he created BanuInvest group that created Banuconstruct, Banusport and Interpart Production .
Timisoara
Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...
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In 1994 he created the "Joe" waffles (his nickname from childhood) which he sold in 2000 to Nestlé
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...
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With his earnings from this transaction he founded in 2001 the supermarket network Artima. He sold it in 2005 to the investment fund Enterprise Investors and later acquired by Carrefour
Carrefour
Carrefour S.A. is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France. It is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world...
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After that with his brother Daniel Banu he created BanuInvest group that created Banuconstruct, Banusport and Interpart Production .