Enric Bernat (businessman)

Enric Bernat (Catalan pronunciation: [ənˈriɡ bəɾˈnat], 20 October 1923 – 27 December 2003) was the founder of the Chupa Chups lollipop company. 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 to Chupa Chups. In 1969 Salvador Dalí was paid a fortune to do the logo.

Enric Bernat (businessman)

Enric Bernat (Catalan pronunciation: [ənˈriɡ bəɾˈnat], 20 October 1923 – 27 December 2003) was the founder of the Chupa Chups lollipop company. 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 to Chupa Chups. In 1969 Salvador Dalí was paid a fortune to do the logo.