Tag: James Leprino

James “Jim” G. Leprino, the Colorado-born billionaire who built the largest mozzarella cheese supplier in the world, died on Thursday, according to the company. He was 88. Leprino was born in Denver in 1937, and came from a tight-knit Italian community. His father, Mike Sr. immigrated from Potenza, Italy in 1950 and opened a corner…