Jean-Luc Lagardère built a career in business at a period when the rules of commerce were themselves changing.
The record lists Jean-Luc Lagardère as French businessman (1928-2003).
Jean-Luc Lagardère was born at Aubiet in 1928. His recorded nationality is France. He was educated at Supélec and Lycée Saint-Louis.
Post-war business was mass-market and increasingly multinational, managed by professionals rather than owners.
He worked as entrepreneur, engineer and businessperson.
His recorded affiliations include Dassault Aviation, Matra and Europe 1.
Enterprises outlive their founders or they do not, and that is the whole test.
Recognition followed: Officer of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the National Order of Merit.
That the business was built from France shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
Jean-Luc Lagardère died in 2003, aged 75. What remains is the enterprise and its consequences, which is the only durable measure of a commercial life.
Achievements
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Commander of the National Order of Merit
- Affiliated with Dassault Aviation, Matra and Europe 1
- Educated at Supélec and Lycée Saint-Louis
