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Pierre Bergé

1930 - 2017

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Pierre Vital Georges Bergé (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ vital ʒɔʁʒ bɛʁʒe]; 14 November 1930 – 8 September 2017) was a French industrialist and patron. He co-founded the fashion label Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), and was a longtime business partner—and onetime significant other—of its namesake designer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Bergé is the 147th most popular businessperson (up from 181st in 2019), the 1,380th most popular biography from France (up from 1,857th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Businessperson.

Pierre Bergé is most famous for being the long-time partner of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Pierre Bergé ranks 147 out of 847. Before him are Ole Kirk Christiansen, Lee Kun-hee, Sam Walton, Chung Ju-yung, Christina Onassis, and William Randolph Hearst. After him are Masayoshi Son, Elizabeth Arden, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Al-Waleed bin Talal, Henry J. Heinz, and Ren Zhengfei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Pierre Bergé ranks 91. Before him are Buck Henry, Ernst Albrecht, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Frank Drake, Gérard Genette, and Robert Aumann. After him are Owen Garriott, José Sarney, Edgar Mitchell, Michal Kováč, Mario Adorf, and Martin Karplus. Among people deceased in 2017, Pierre Bergé ranks 75. Before him are Giovanni Sartori, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Georges Prêtre, Chris Cornell, Piet Keizer, and Yasuyuki Kuwahara. After him are Jacque Fresco, Peter L. Berger, René Préval, Azzedine Alaïa, Nicolai Gedda, and Michael Nyqvist.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Bergé ranks 1,380 out of 6,770. Before him are René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), Louis Vierne (1870), Antonio I, Prince of Monaco (1661), Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1724), Sebastian Castellio (1515), and Otto Meissner (1880). After him are Coluche (1944), Antoine Griezmann (1991), Charles Fabry (1867), François-Édouard Picot (1786), Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), and François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville (1818).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Pierre Bergé ranks 7. Before him are Pierre de Coubertin (1863), Bernard Arnault (1949), Jules Rimet (1873), Liliane Bettencourt (1922), Louis Vuitton (1821), and Christophe Plantin (1520). After him are François Pinault (1936), Armand Peugeot (1849), François-Henri Pinault (1962), Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777), Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771), and Yves Rocher (1930).

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