Robert Louis-Dreyfus

Robert Louis-Dreyfus is a French and Swiss Jewish billionaire.

Louis Dreyfus joined the family company, Louis Dreyfus Group in May 2000. He was chairman of Neuf Telecom until 2004 and serves on the board of directors of Neuf Cegetel. Until February 2001, he was also the chief executive officer of Adidas-Salomon, the German-based sporting goods maker.

From 1989 to 1993, Louis-Dreyfus served as chief executive officer at Saatchi & Saatchi, the UK-based advertising agency. From 1982 to 1988, he was chief operating officer and then chief executive officer at IMS, an international market research firm for the pharmaceutical industry. Louis-Dreyfus has a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University.

Trivia

He is a cousin of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, best known for her portrayal of Elaine Benes on the American sitcom,"Seinfeld".

Louis-Dreyfus is currently the owner of the French football team Olympique de Marseille.

His son, Éric Louis-Dreyfus goes to school in Zürich, Switzerland.

Louis-Dreyfus is said to be a distant relative to Alfred Dreyfus, the post-World War I French Jewish soldier at the centre of the Dreyfus affair.

ee also

* French Rich List

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