Lists of French People - Business

Business

  • Bernard Arnault (born 1949), entrepreneur
  • Liliane Bettencourt, cosmetics, one of the richest persons in Europe
  • Marcel Bich (1914–1994), Bic pens
  • Vincent Bolloré (born 1952), transportation and engineering
  • Marcel Boussac, textiles, fashion, newspapers, race horse breeding
  • Ettore Bugatti (1881–1947), automobile manufacturer
  • André Citroën (1878–1935), automobile manufacturer
  • Adolphe Clément-Bayard (1855–1928) entrepreneur manufacturer of bicycles, pneumatic tyres, motorcycles, automobiles, aeroplanes and airships
  • Marcel Dassault (1892–1986), aviation
  • Alexandre Darracq (1855–1931), automotive pioneer
  • Louis Delâge (1874–1947) automotive pioneer
  • Émile Delahaye (1843–1905), automotive pioneer
  • Gérard Louis-Dreyfus (born 1932), agricultural commodities
  • Eleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (1771–1834), founder of DuPont
  • Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817), entrepreneur
  • Jacques Foccart (19..–1997), import-export
  • Léon Gaumont, pioneer film inventor
  • Paul-Louis Halley (1934–2004), supermarket tycoon
  • Max Hymans (1900–1961), aviation
  • Jean-Marie Messier (born 1957), former Vivendi CEO
  • Gérard Mestrallet (born 1949), Chairman and CEO of Suez
  • Gérard Mulliez, entrepreneur (Auchan, Decathlon, Flunch...), whose family is considered as one of the richest in Europe
  • Charles Pathé, pioneer of film industry
  • Armand Peugeot (1849–1915) automobile manufacturer
  • François Pinault (born 1936), entrepreneur
  • Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont (1726–1803), shipping magnate and a "Father of the American Revolution"
  • Marcel Renault (1872–1903), automobile manufacturer
  • James Mayer de Rothschild (1792–1868), banker
  • Philippe de Rothschild (1902–1988), wine maker
  • Eugène Schueller (1881–1954), founder of L'Oréal
  • Bernard Tapie (born 1943), entrepreneur

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