Philippe Foriel-Destezet ( - June 2021) was a French billionaire businessman. He owns 18% of the Swiss-based employment agency
Adecco.
Early life
He graduated from
HEC Paris
HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...
in 1958.
Career
He founded the employment agency Ecco in 1964.
With Klaus Jacobs, he was instrumental in bringing about the merger of the French agency, Ecco and the Swiss agency, Adia Interim that created ''Adecco'' in 1996. He serves on the Boards of Adecco.
He stood down as co-chairman of Adecco in 2005, becoming honorary president in 2006.
He was cited in the
Panama Papers
The Panama Papers ( es, Papeles de Panamá) are 11.5 million leaked documents (or 2.6 terabytes of data) that were published beginning on April 3, 2016. The papers detail financial and attorney–client information for more than 214,488 ...
scandal in 2016.
Personal life
He was married to Aline. They lived in London, and had four children.
See also
*
List of billionaires
*
French Rich List
The following is a list of French billionaires is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by ''Forbes'' magazine in 2023, according to ''Forbes'' list of billionaires.
2023 Forbes List
See also
* List of French ...
References
External links
Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People
1935 births
2021 deaths
French billionaires
HEC Paris alumni
Businesspeople from Lyon
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