Thierry Roussel was born on 16 February 1953 and is a French businessman.
11 Facts About Thierry Roussel
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Thierry Roussel was the fourth husband of Christina Onassis, daughter of well-noted Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, and the only man with whom she had a child, daughter Athina Onassis Roussel.
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Thierry Patrick Francois Roussel was born on 16 February 1953 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, near Paris, the son of the late Henri Julien Gaston Roussel, who was President and General Manager of the Roussel Uclaf Laboratoires Pharmaceutiques, and his wife, Francine Grinda, daughter of Jean-Paul Grinda and granddaughter of the French politician Edouard Grinda.
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Thierry Roussel has two sisters: Patricia Roussel and Christine Roussel, the duchess of Luynes.
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Thierry Roussel reportedly formed his first company at age 22 and went on establishing publicity space rental companies such as AEA, Super-media and Media Center.
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Thierry Roussel formed the financial management company SGFC in 1987 whereas he is claimed to remain its president.
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In 2003, Thierry Roussel founded GMT Multi-Strategy Fund of Funds with the participation of numerous international banks.
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Diane Sawyer investigated the situation in doing research for her interview with Athina in 1998, and according to Sawyer, although Thierry Roussel did not actually file for bankruptcy, he did sell the strawberry farms at a loss.
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Thierry Roussel used his company Oderfruta to invest in the farms, with a borrowed subsidy from the European Union, funding from the Portuguese state and an unknown bank.
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Thierry Roussel had at least one extramarital affair during the marriage, with former Swedish model Marianne "Gaby" Landhage, who gave birth to their elder two children while Thierry Roussel was still married to Christina.
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Landhage and Thierry Roussel have a son just a few months younger than his daughter Athina.