Jean-Paul Burrus graduated college in 1973 and officially started work in the family business in 1980 — but his career in the confectionery sector really started decades before that.
“As you can imagine, my career in the chocolate industry didn’t start in 1973 ... or officially in 1980, but directly when I was born,” he says. “However, every year before 1980 I was considered a volunteer — but I think this is a tradition in the family companies.”