Leaf International
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For the trading card company, see Leaf Trading Cards.
For the candy company revived in 2011, see Leaf Brands.
Leaf International BV was a confectionery company founded in the 1940s. Leaf had sales of approximately €527m (2010) and 2,400 employees. It had 11 factories in seven countries. Leaf was owned by CVC Capital Partners, Nordic Capital, and management. Bengt Baron was the CEO of Leaf.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Confectionery |
Founded | 1940; 84 years ago (1940) |
Founder | Sol S. Leaf |
Defunct | February 2012; 12 years ago (2012-02)[1] |
Fate | Merged into Cloetta |
Successor | Leaf Brands |
Headquarters | Oosterhout, Netherlands Stockholm, Sweden |
Key people | Bengt Baron (CEO, 2009–11)[2] |
Products | Candy, chewing gum, pastilles, trading cards |
Revenue | €527m (2010) |
Owner | CVC Capital Partners Nordic Capital |
Number of employees | 2,400 |
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After several mergers and acquisitions Leaf merged with the Swedish confectionery company Cloetta,[3] and dropped the Leaf name.[1]
Leaf was also notable for its trading cards, more specifically the baseball cards sets, with the first of them released in 1948.[4][5]