Simon van den Bergh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSimon van den Bergh
Dutch businessman
Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1819
Place of Birth: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Date of Death: 06-Apr-1907
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Simon van den Bergh
- Simon van den Bergh (October 26, 1819 in Geffen – April 6, 1907 in Rotterdam) was a Dutch businessperson.
- He founded a margarine factory in the Netherlands that became world-famous.In 1888, the same year his son Samuel joined the company, he opened a factory in Kleve, the Van den Bergh Margarine Works.
- By announcing it was for the industrial manufacture of margarine, he was able to circumvent the high tariffs of the German Reich on butter and margarine.
- The factory introduced the Sanella brand in 1904, made from almond milk. In the summer of 1929 (after the death of Simon van den Bergh) the Jurgens & Prince Margarine Works in Goch and Van den Bergh in Kleve merged to become Margarine Unie.
- The newly merged company then combined with English soap manufacturer Lever Brothers to create the modern company Unilever.
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