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Today on Forbes, Meet the Big Cheese at the world's largest mozzarella maker.

Last summer, a major transition took place at the world's largest mozzarella maker, Denver-based

Leprino, following the death of reclusive billionaire James Leprino at 87 years old.

Leprino's daughters and longtime board directors, Terry Leprino, who is 65, and Gina Vecerelli, who is 62,

became the main owners of the $3.6 billion in estimated annual revenue, cheese business, which manufactures and

sells more than 1 billion pounds of cheese annually and supplies cheese to dominoes, Pizza Hut,

Papa John's, and other pizza brands. Their family's inheritance included a combined 90%

stake in the company, which was founded in

1950 by their grandfather, Mike Leprino, and that equity has minted them as individual

billionaires, worth an estimated $1 billion each.

The late Leprino told Forbes in 2016 that he didn't want his daughters to feel forced into the business

that pioneered the technology for manufacturing pizza cheese at scale. During his only interview,

he said, quote, I don't want them to be living a corporate life resentfully. Corporate life is tough.

I don't want to interfere with their love for life and their happiness.

He added that he never intended for them to take on day-to-day leadership roles.

At the time, Leprino said, quote,

I will never manage this business from my grave.

My two daughters will have the say-so over it.

They're both doing their own thing.

They know what's going on.

I feel strongly that my family will be able to succeed in running the business as directors. I want them to live normal lives. I pushed for that.

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