Robert Louis-Dreyfus
| Robert Louis-Dreyfus | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 June 1946 Paris, France |
| Died | 4 July 2009 (aged 63) Zurich, Switzerland |
| Cause of death | Leukemia |
| Citizenship | French |
| Known for | CEO of Adidas-Salomon and Saatchi & Saatchi majority shareholder of Olympique de Marseille |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Oberholzer (m. 19??; div. 19??) Margarita Bogdanova (m. 1992) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Jeanne Madeline Depierre Jean Louis-Dreyfus |
| Relatives |
Monique Roosmale Nepveu (sister) Marie-Jeanne Meyer (sister) Louis Louis-Dreyfus (paternal grandfather) Léopold Louis-Dreyfus (paternal great-grandfather) Julia Louis-Dreyfus (paternal second cousin) |
Robert Louis-Dreyfus (14 June 1946 – 4 July 2009) was a French businessman who had major success as chief executive officer (CEO) of Adidas-Salomon and Saatchi & Saatchi. He was a majority shareholder of the French football team Olympique de Marseille, and during his tenure they re-emerged as a major European football club.
Robert Louis-Dreyfus was born in Paris, the son of Jean and Jeanne Madeline (née Depierre) Louis-Dreyfus. His father was Jewish and his mother Roman Catholic. He was a great grandson of Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, founder of the Louis-Dreyfus Group, which had begun buying and selling wheat in the Alsace region a century earlier, and rapidly diversified into shipping, oil and other commodities. His grandfather was Louis Louis-Dreyfus, who served in the French Parliament during the French Third Republic. He has two sisters: Marie-Jeanne and Monique.
Robert Louis-Dreyfus was initially a bad student who failed his Baccalauréat, but he excelled at poker, winning considerable amounts of money from his friends at the Lycée Janson de Sailly in Paris. In 1967, he spent time at a kibbutz and was involved in the Six Day War. He later secured a place at Harvard Business School with a presentation about his experiences during the war. He spent the early years of his working life mentored by Siegmund Warburg, in the family business of the Louis-Dreyfus Group.
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