Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Robert Louis-Dreyfus (also RLD ; born June 14, 1946 in Paris , † July 4, 2009 in Zurich ) was a French - Swiss entrepreneur .
Life
Robert Louis Maurice Louis-Dreyfus was born in 1946 to Jean Louis-Dreyfus (1908-2003) in Paris. He attended the Lycee Marcel Roby in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the EDC Paris Business School . From 1971 to 1973 he studied business administration at Harvard Business School with an MBA degree. In 1973 he joined the family company Louis-Dreyfus SA . From 1982 to 1988 he was Chief Operating Officer (COO), later Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the US pharmaceutical market research company IMS , and from 1989 to 1993 CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi .
From April 1993 to 2001 Louis-Dreyfus was CEO of Adidas , led the troubled sporting goods company out of the red and brought it to the stock exchange in 1995.
From 1996 Louis-Dreyfus was the largest shareholder in the French football club Olympique Marseille , and also a board member of the Belgian club Standard Liège . From 2000 he headed the family holding company of the Louis Dreyfus Group . Until 2004 he was a shareholder (35 percent) and chairman of the supervisory board of the telecommunications company Neuf Cegetel .
Louis-Dreyfus was married to Margarita Louis-Dreyfus for the second time and had three children. His cousin is the actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus . He died of leukemia .
On October 16, 2015, Der Spiegel wrote that the award of the 2006 soccer World Cup to Germany was “presumably bought” and that Louis-Dreyfus was heavily involved. The German Football Association rejected the allegations.
literature
- Robert Louis-Dreyfus in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Robert Louis-Dreyfus died. In: Manager Magazin , July 6, 2009
- Who was the man who loaned Uli Hoeneß money? In: Welt Online , April 22, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to Munzinger on June 21
- ↑ Les Barons de la Bourse
- ^ 2006 World Cup - Summer, Sun, Black Money . In: Der Spiegel . No. 43 , 2015, p. 10 ff . ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Louis-Dreyfus, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | RLD |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-Swiss entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 2009 |
| Place of death | Zurich |