Roland Peugeot

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Roland Peugeot (born March 20, 1926 in Valentigney , † January 6, 2016 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ) was a French industrialist of the Peugeot car manufacturer dynasty . He was considered one of the most important figures in French industry in the 20th century.

Life

Roland Peugeot attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly and the Lycée St. Louis in Paris and studied at the Harvard Business School . In 1951 he joined the family business and held several positions at Peugeot and, since 1976, PSA Peugeot Citroën , including Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Peugeot SA (1972–1998) and a member of the Supervisory Board (2001–2014) as well as a member of the Board of Management of Automobiles Peugeot (1982–1996 ) and President of Peugeot Talbot Belgium (1985). He played a major role in the modernization of the group and in the merger with Citroën in the 1970s; On his initiative, non-members of the family, such as Jacques Calvet , were included in the company's management for the first time .

He was the son of Jean-Pierre Peugeot and Colette Boillat-Japy. Roland Peugeot was married to Colette born in 1949. Mayesky and the father of Jean-Philippe Peugeot, current chairman of the family holding Etablissements Peugeot Frères (EPF) and director and vice-president of the Société foncière financières et de participations (FFP) . His son Eric Peugeot, who was kidnapped in 1960, works outside the group, but is also represented on Peugeot's supervisory bodies.

He was a board member of the Fédération Française de Golf and president of the Golf de Prunevelle à Dampierre-sur-Le-Doubs club . He was involved in the Academie des Sports , the Automobile Club de France , the Saint-Cloud Country Club and the Golf de Chantilly .

Honors

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Philippe Jacqué: "Roland Peugeot, mort d'un amoureux de la voiture" , Le Monde , January 8, 2016 (fr.)
  2. ↑ Roland Peugeot, figure emblématique du groupe automobile, est décédé on lefigaro.fr of January 7, 2016, accessed on January 16, 2016 (fr.).
  3. ↑ António Amorim: “Roland Peugeot, 1926–2016. Neto do fundador da Peugeot morreu aos 89 anos de idade. ” ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / turbo.sapo.pt archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on turbo.sapo.pt , January 8, 2016 (pt.)
  4. ↑ Entry Roland Peugeot on prabook.org , accessed on January 8, 2016 (en.)
  5. ^ "Honest Criminals" , Der Spiegel , issue 18/1960 of April 27, 1960
  6. ↑ "Eric Peugeot" , on www.bluegraceholdings.com , January 8, 2016 (en.)
personal data
SURNAME Peugeot, Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Valentigney
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 2016
Place of death Neuilly-sur-Seine