Julius Maggi

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Julius Michael Johannes Maggi (Frauenfeld, Switzerland, October 9, 1846, – Küsnacht, October 19, 1912) was a Swiss entrepreneur, an inventor of precooked soups and Maggi spice, and the founder of the food company Maggi.

Maggi was the youngest of five children of Michael Maggi, an immigrant from Lombardy, and his Swiss wife Sophie.

Maggi died in 1912 after a stroke. He married twice, and had four daughters and two sons.

[edit] References

• Hartmut Vincon (Hrsg.), Frank Wedekinds Maggi-Zeit, Verlag Jürgen Häusser, Darmstadt 1995. ISBN 3-927902-71-3.
• Short biography on Nestlé website