{{Short description|French businessman (1842-1904)}} {{Infobox person | name = Jules Bel | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 30 September 1842 | birth_place = Chambéria, Jura, Franche-Comté, France | death_date = {{death-date and age|11 January 1904|30 September 1842}} | death_place = Orgelet, Jura, Franche-Comté, France | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma mater = | employer = | occupation = Cheese maker, company founder | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = Adèle Odile Colombet | children = Henri Bel<br/>Léon Bel | parents = Georges Napoléon Bel<br/>Maximine Vernod | relatives = Léon Bel <small>(brother)</small><br/>Caroline Bel <small>(sister)</small><br/>Eugénie Bel <small>(sister)</small> }} '''Jules Bel''' (30 September 1842 – 11 January 1904) was a French cheese maker. He was the founder of Groupe Bel.
==Early life== Jules Bel was born on 30 September 1842 in Chambéria, in rural France.<ref name="geneanet">[http://gw.geneanet.org/garric?lang=fr;p=jules;n=bel Jules Bel], GeneaNet</ref>
==Career== In 1865, Bel started his cheese company.<ref name="companyhistory">[http://www.bel-group.com/en/group/company-history Bel Group: Company History: A behind the scenes look at the Bel saga]</ref>
==Personal life== He married Adèle Odile Colombet.<ref name="geneanet"/>
==Death== He died on 11 January 1904 in Orgelet, France.<ref name="geneanet"/>
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