1. Henry Hermand was a French businessman, media executive and political adviser.
19 Facts About Henry Hermand
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Henry Hermand was the founder of Progest, a developer of shopping centres in Europe, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, which he sold to Klepierre in 2006.
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Henry Hermand was a co-founder of Terra Nova, a think tank with ties to the Socialist Party.
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Henry Hermand was a benefactor and mentor to President Emmanuel Macron.
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Henry Hermand joined the French Resistance during World War II.
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Henry Hermand began his career as a physicist at the Commissariat a l'energie atomique.
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Henry Hermand was forced to resign over his political views.
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Henry Hermand opened his first supermarket in Blanc-Mesnil in 1964.
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Henry Hermand subsequently opened supermarkets and shopping centres in the suburbs of Paris, Europe, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Henry Hermand founded HH Developpement, a property management company, in 2007.
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Henry Hermand joined the Unified Socialist Party, and he became close to Michel Rocard.
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Henry Hermand joined the board of Esprit, a political review, in the 1950s.
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Henry Hermand was the chief executive and vice president of Le Matin de Paris from 1985 to 1987.
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Henry Hermand was a co-founder of Le 1, another newspaper, in 2014.
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Henry Hermand was a member of the French Economic and Social Council from 1989 to 1994.
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Henry Hermand was a donor to La Republique des Idees, a think tank founded by historian Pierre Rosanvallon in 2002.
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Henry Hermand was a co-founder and a donor to Terra Nova, a think tank with ties to the Socialist Party.
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Henry Hermand became an officer of the Legion of Honour on 28 June 1993 and a commander on 31 December 2013.
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Henry Hermand authored his memoir, L'ambition n'est pas un reve, in 2010.