Hubert Perrodo
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Hubert Perrodo was the creator, leader and owner of the oil group Perenco.
He was born in 1944 in Larmor-Baden in Morbihan to a family of fishermen and died on December 29th, 2006, in a climbing accident in Courchevel.
He was the president of the independent oil group Perenco, which produced then more than 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of petrol per day.
He was a prominent art collector, mostly focused on paintings.
His polo team, Labégorce, won the Queen's Cup, in 2004. On a journey to Château Giscours, in Margaux to play polo, he learned that Château Labégorce Zédé was for sell. He bought it in August 1989 and went on to become a large wine producer. In 2001, he repurchased the Castle of Abbot Gorsse de Gorsse, in February 2002 bought Labégorce-Zédé Castle, and in June 2006 he bought the Château Marquis d'Alesme Becker.