Jean-Claude Sensemat (born on April 14, 1951 in

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) is a French and

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businessman.

Career

From 1970 to 2000, he founded and directed an import/export group of hand and power tool companies that bears his name. The Groupe Sensemat became the largest private employer of the Gers with over 500 collaborators in 1999 and sales totaling 800 million French francs (122 M Euros). The company’s growth is owed to the

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of trade. As early as 1975, import-export operations were organized with

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and other countries of the Eastern bloc, sometimes using barter and compensation. The Groupe Sensemat became a privileged supplier of the European major hypermarket retailers. Through his tool-manufacturing group, he then acquired many

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in the department of the Gers (the Grundig Factory, the Seita buildings, etc.). Between 1991 and 2007, he was Foreign Trade Advisor for France. As a major player in the department’s economic life, he was a counselor with the Gers’ Bank of France for 6 years. He was Vice President of the Gers’ Employers' Union in 1989, and he founded the Gers’ UNICEF committee in 1988. He also founded a local newspaper: "La Gascogne". In 1990, he purchased

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, the renowned watchmaking company that was then in difficulty, and relaunched it. Then, in 1992 he acquired other brands:

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, Teppaz, and

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. In 2000, his strongly coveted hand and power tool group faced problems leading to the lifetime dismissal of a court administrator who was found guilty and imprisoned. The Sensemat Group disappeared. In 2002, he transferred the LIP brand international license to the Gersoise company MGH of Lectoure. That same year, he was named ''Honorary Consul of the Republic of

'' for thirty-three French departments. He conducted his business from his company based in

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. In 2007, he immigrated to Canada with his family. He was received by the Canadian government as a Business Immigrant (Investor). In

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he founded Gestion Geneen Inc., a business and wealth management company. In 2013, he created the Editions Duroi in Quebec, Canada. In 2016, the French businessman, Canadian citizen since 2015, sells th
LIP brand
to its license

President of JLB Brand. In Canada, together wit
Gestion Geneen Inc.

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of the Sensemat family, he develops and manages his luxury condominium portfolio and trades his financial assets on the Wall Street Stock Exchange and the Toronto TSX.

Awards and honours

* Knight of the National Order of Merit (decree of February 26, 1989) * Knight of the Legion of Honour (decree of April 3, 1996)

External links

official website : https://www.sensemat.com

Publications

* La Patronade, éditions Olivier Orban, 1988. * Un Moment de Gascogne, éditions La Gascogne, 1997. * Le Délit d'Entreprendre, éditions de la Mezzanine, 2004. * Comment j'ai sauvé LIP, éditions Entreprendre Robert Lafont, 2005. * France you betrayed me, éditions Duroi, 2013 * Sensemat - The Pioneer, éditions Duroi, 2023

References

*''Histoire de Lip''
Site historique
*''La vente de la marque LIP''
La cession de LIP
*''L'annonce de la vente de LIP''
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