Founder Profile
Irene Rosenfeld
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Irene Rosenfeld?
Irene Rosenfeld is a founder of Mondelez International, Inc., which was founded in 2012 with Adolphus Green and James L. Kraft.
- Company founded
- Mondelez International, Inc.
- Founded
- 2012
- Co-founders
- Adolphus Green and James L. Kraft
Background
Marketing executive with a Ph.D. from Cornell; led Kraft Foods from 2006 after senior roles at Kraft and Frito-Lay.
Founding Story
As CEO of Kraft Foods, Irene Rosenfeld led the 2010 Cadbury acquisition and the 2012 split that created Mondelēz International. She was Mondelez's first CEO until November 2017 and chair until early 2018. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Mondelez FY2025 Form 10-K (Mondelez International, Inc.)
- Mondelez Q4 and FY2025 Results (Mondelez International, Inc.)