Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours belongs to the commercial record as a figure whose ventures outlasted the conditions that produced them.
The record lists Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours as French writer, economist, and government official (1739–1817).
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours was born at Paris in 1739. His recorded nationality is France.
This was the age of chartered companies and long-distance trade, when a single voyage could make or ruin a house.
He worked as economist, politician and entrepreneur.
Commercial success is easy to measure and hard to interpret; timing and market do much of the work.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Order of Vasa and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
That the business was built from France shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours died in 1817, aged 78. What remains is the enterprise and its consequences, which is the only durable measure of a commercial life.
Achievements
- Knight of the Order of Vasa
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
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