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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Confectionery |
Founded | 13 December 1920 |
Founder | Hans Riegel Sr. |
Headquarters | , Germany |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Candy, especially gummy candy |
Revenue | €1.7–2.0 billion |
Number of employees | ~7,000 (2018) |
Website | www |
Haribo GmbH & Co. KG, doing business as Haribo (English: /ˈhærɪboʊ/ HARR-ib-oh, German: [ˈhaːʁiboː]; stylized in all caps), is a German confectionery company founded by Hans Riegel Sr. It began in Kessenich, Bonn, Germany. The name "Haribo" is a syllabic abbreviation formed from Hans Riegel Bonn.[1] The company created the first gummy candy in 1922 in the form of little gummy bears called Gummibärchen. The current headquarters are in Grafschaft, Germany.[2][3]