D anielle Bellon is a French billionaire and the matriarch of the family that controls Sodexo, a global giant in food services and facilities management. She is the widow of the company's founder, Pierre Bellon, who started the business in 1966 in Marseilles and built it into a multinational corporation serving a vast range of clients, from corporations and hospitals to schools and remote mining sites.

Upon Pierre Bellon's death in 2022, Danielle and her four children inherited the family's controlling stake in the publicly traded company. While she is not involved in the day-to-day operations, she is the chairwoman emerita of the family's holding company, Bellon SA, which holds their ownership and voting rights. Her daughter, Sophie Bellon, has succeeded her father as the chairwoman and CEO of Sodexo, ensuring the continuation of family leadership at the helm of the global services empire.