Louis Le Duff (born 1945/1946) is a French billionaire businessman, and the founder and CEO of

Groupe Le Duff Groupe Le Duff is a French restaurant conglomerate, with holdings in Europe and the Americas, consisting of over 1,310 restaurants and bakeries. It includes Bridor, La Madeleine, Kamps, Mimi's Cafe, Pizza Del Arte, and Brioche Dorée. The comp ...

and the Brioche Dorée bakery chain.

Early life

Le Duff went to school at Lycée de la Croix-Rouge,

Brest Brest may refer to: Places *Brest, Belarus **Brest Region **Brest Airport **Brest Fortress * Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria * Břest, Czech Republic *Brest, France ** Arrondissement of Brest **Brest Bretagne Airport ** Château de Brest *Br ...

. He earned a bachelor's degree from the

École supérieure des sciences commerciales d'Angers ESSCA School of Management is a French grande école and business school. Historically based in Angers, it now has campuses in Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Lyon, Bordeaux, Cholet, Budapest and Shanghai. The school offers several programmes, including ...

(ESSCA), an MBA from the

Université de Sherbrooke The University of Sherbrooke (French: Université de Sherbrooke) (UdS) is a large public French-language university in Quebec, Canada with campuses located in Sherbrooke and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke. It i ...

, Canada, and a PhD in management sciences from the

University of Rennes The University of Rennes is a public research university which will be officially reconstituted on 1 January 2023 and located in the city of Rennes, in Upper Brittany, France. The University of Rennes has been divided for almost 50 years, before ...

Career

He worked as a teacher at the Rouen Business School, and then a lecturer at the

University of Rennes 1 The University of Rennes 1 is a public university located in the city of Rennes, France. It is under the Academy of Rennes. It specializes in science, technology, law, economics, management and philosophy. There are currently about students en ...

, Rennes. Le Duff opened the first branch of Brioche Dorée in Brest in 1976. The chain now has 1,310 locations in 80 countries.

Personal life

Le Duff is married with two children, and lives in Paris.

References

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