[2] In 1923, Carasso enrolled in business school in Marseille, France, and studied bacteriology at the Pasteur Institute.
[2] In 1942, he formed a partnership with two family friends, Joe Metzger, a Swiss-born Spanish businessman, and his son Juan.
They bought a small Greek yogurt company, Oxy-Gala, and founded Dannon Milk Products in Bronx, New York.
[2] In 1947, Dannon added jam to its yogurt as a concession to American tastes and succeeded in growing sales to a broad market.
He expanded the business into cheeses and other foodstuffs, and bought the American company from Beatrice Foods in 1981, changing the name to Groupe Danone.