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François Pinault

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François Pinault (born 21 August 1936) is a French billionaire businessman, founder of the luxury group Kering and the investment holding company Artémis. Pinault started his business in the timber industry in the early 1960s. Taken public in 1988, his company invested in specialty store chains and changed its name to Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR). By the end of 1999, PPR shifted towards luxury and fashion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Pinault is the 155th most popular businessperson (down from 123rd in 2019), the 1,450th most popular biography from France (down from 1,312th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, François Pinault ranks 155 out of 847. Before him are Elizabeth Arden, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Al-Waleed bin Talal, Henry J. Heinz, Ren Zhengfei, and Martha Stewart. After him are Larry Flynt, Lorenzo Sanz, Armand Peugeot, Cyrus West Field, Ratan Tata, and Stanley Ho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, François Pinault ranks 85. Before him are Yury Luzhkov, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Valerie Solanas, Bekim Fehmiu, Bill Wyman, and Kigeli V of Rwanda. After him are James Mirrlees, Hiroshi Saeki, J. Michael Bishop, Eric Walter Elst, Héctor Elizondo, and Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Pinault ranks 1,450 out of 6,770. Before him are Marguerite Perey (1909), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), Bernard Hinault (1954), Oenomaus (-105), Jean-Claude Pascal (1927), and Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767). After him are Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (1311), Guillaume de Nogaret (1260), Anne Parillaud (1960), Paul-Jacques Curie (1855), Bernard of Italy (797), and Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, François Pinault ranks 8. Before him are Bernard Arnault (1949), Jules Rimet (1873), Liliane Bettencourt (1922), Louis Vuitton (1821), Christophe Plantin (1520), and Pierre Bergé (1930). After him are Armand Peugeot (1849), François-Henri Pinault (1962), Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777), Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771), Yves Rocher (1930), and Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953).

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