![William Salice's Kinder Surprise egg was launched in 1974.](/web/20170105053409im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/m/6/u/q/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gtm5qi.png/1483582213344.jpg)
William Salice: man behind Kinder Surprise chocolate egg
William Salice, who has died aged 83, played a leading role at the confectionery giant Ferrero for four decades, helping to launch the Kinder Surprise chocolate egg in 1974; in the decades since, more than 30 billion of the treats have been sold around the world.