title: Paul J. Fribourg
text: # Paul J. Fribourg
  
  Paul J. Fribourg (born 1954/55) is an American businessman, the chairman and CEO of ContiGroup Companies since 1976, a global agribusiness and food company, since 1976. Continental Grain was founded by Simon Fribourg in Arlon, Belgium in 1813. He is the sixth generation of the Fribourg family to lead the company.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Paul J. Fribourg is the son of Jewish-American businessman Michel Fribourg, chairman emeritus of Continental Grain, who died on April 10, 2001, and his wife Mary Ann. He has four siblings, brothers Robert and Charles, and sisters Nadine and Caroline.
  
  He has a bachelor's degree in business administration and economics from Amherst College.
  
  ## Career
  
  Fribourg has been the chairman and CEO of ContiGroup Companies since 1976.
  
  He is a director of Estée Lauder, Restaurant Brands International, Syngenta, Bunge, Restaurant Technologies and Loews Corporation.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  In 2012, Fribourg spent $27.2 million on a 5-bedroom, 5-bathroom apartment on New York's Fifth Avenue, previously owned by Bruce Fiedorek, the former vice chair of Morgan Stanley.
  
  