William louis dreyfus biography
William louis dreyfus biography
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Gérard Louis-Dreyfus
French-American businessman (–)
Gérard C. Louis-Dreyfus (21 June – 16 September ), also known as William,[1] was a French-American businessman.
His net worth was estimated at $ billion by Forbes in [2] He was the chairman of Louis Dreyfus Energy Services and the great-grandson of Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, founder of Louis Dreyfus Group.[3] He was the father of actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Life and career
Louis-Dreyfus was born in Paris in [4] His great-grandfather Léopold Louis-Dreyfus founded the Louis Dreyfus Group in His mother, Dolores Porges (née Neubauer; –), was American-born,[4] the daughter of a Brazilian father and a Mexican mother.[5] His father, Pierre Louis-Dreyfus (–),[6] was a Frenchman who headed the Louis Dreyfus group.
Pierre, who was Jewish, fought in the French Resistance during World War II;[7] his mother was Catholic.[8] He has one sister,