Louis-Frédéric Lescure (27 May 1904 – 5 December 1993) was a French industrialist, and the CEO of

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from 1953 to 1972.

Early life

Lescure was born on 27 May 1904.

Career

Lescure was the CEO of

from 1953 to 1972. In the 1950s, Lescure launched the Cocotte-Minute, the first one-piece stamped aluminium

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. Lescure was president of the regional council of

Bourgogne Burgundy ( ; ; Burgundian: ''Bregogne'') is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. T ...

from 1983 to 1985.

Personal life, death and legacy

Lescure married Françoise Helie, and they had eleven children. Lescure died on 5 December 1993, aged 89. His son

Emmanuel Lescure Emmanuel Lescure (c. 1930 – 1 April 2017) was a French businessman, and the chairman of Groupe SEB from 1976 to 1990. Early life Lescure was one of eleven children of Louis-Frédéric Lescure, CEO of Groupe SEB from 1953 to 1972, and his wife ...

later became chairman of

References

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