Pierre Louis-Dreyfus was a French Resistance fighter during World War II who later was CEO of the Louis Dreyfus Cie.
14 Facts About Pierre Louis-Dreyfus
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Pierre Louis-Dreyfus was born on 17 May 1908 in Paris, one of four children born to Charles Louis-Dreyfus, a merchant and ship-owner, and Sarah Germaine Hement.
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Pierre Louis-Dreyfus had two siblings, brother Francois Louis-Dreyfus and sister, Arlette Louis -Dreyfus.
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Pierre Louis-Dreyfus was then assigned to the 6th Dragoons until his release in October 1929.
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Pierre Louis-Dreyfus was recalled in August 1939 and served as a lieutenant in the 2nd Dragoon Regiment.
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Pierre Louis-Dreyfus served two rotations in Luxembourg and France before again being discharged after the French capitulation.
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Pierre Louis-Dreyfus was forced to flee France in December 1942 and arrived back in England in January 1943.
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Pierre Louis-Dreyfus significantly expanded the maritime trade of the company under his direction.
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Pierre Louis-Dreyfus was a member of the Conseil de l'Ordre de la Liberation from June 1969.
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Dolores obtained custody of children and while Pierre Louis-Dreyfus was fighting in World War II; she moved to the United States in 1940 and returned to France in 1945.
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Pierre Louis-Dreyfus remarried to Michel Theodore Robert Edmond Porges.
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Pierre Louis-Dreyfus married Anne Boinvilliers, with whom he has three children Charlotte, Edouard, and Marie.
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Pierre Louis-Dreyfus participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans eleven times between 1931 and 1955.
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Pierre Louis-Dreyfus was buried in Ville d'Avray in the Hauts-de-Seine.