Denis Defforey

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Denis Defforey (born July 7, 1925 in Lagnieu , † February 6, 2006 ) was a French entrepreneur . Together with his brother Jacques Defforey and Marcel Fournier , he founded the French retail company Carrefour in 1959 .

Live and act

Together with his father and brother Louis Jaques, Denis Defforey decided in December 1959 to enter into a partnership with Marcel Fournier. The aim was to compete with Edouard Leclerc and his company. In a first self-service shop in Annecy , the reasons offered haberdashery and groceries at the same time. The rapid success led to space problems and an early expansion at a new location. Denis Defforey then further developed the concept of offering everything under one roof, which was first implemented in 1963 in the first hypermarket in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Essonne) .

From 1985 to 1990 Denis Defforey led the company as CEO . After reaching the age limit, he left the group management and was a member of the supervisory board until 1995.

literature

  • Steve Burt: The Carrefour Group - The first 25 years . In: International Journal of Retailing 1 (3). 1986. pp. 54-78.
  • Adrian J. Slywotzky: Value Migration. How to Think Several Moves Ahead of the Competition . Harvard Business Press, 1996. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-87584-632-3
  • Stéphane Lauer: Denis Defforey, cofondateur et ancien PDG de Carrefour . Le Monde, February 14, 2006 ( online version , accessed December 16, 2014).
  • Michel Villette, Catherine Vuillermot: From Predators to Icons: Exposing the Myth of the Business Hero . Cornell University Press, Cornell 2009. pp. 30-40. ISBN 978-0-8014-4700-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Emmanuel Ratier: Au cœur du pouvoir. Inquiry on the club le plus puissant de France. , Facta, 1996, p. 229.
  2. ↑ Le Monde, February 14, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Defforey, Denis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Lagnieu
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 2006