Jean-Pierre Garnier: Quick Facts

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Born	October 31, 1947 (age 79) • France

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Emma Walmsley

British business executive

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Indian business executive

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Tidjane Thiam

Ivoirian-born businessman and politician

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Jean-Marie Messier

French businessman

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Indian businessman

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Bernard Arnault

French businessman

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Liliane Bettencourt

French business executive

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François Pinault

French businessman and art collector

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Charles Pathé

French film executive

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André-Gustave Citroën

French engineer

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Marcel Boussac

French industrialist

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Louis Renault

French industrialist

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Robert Ricci

French business executive

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Christine Lagarde

French lawyer and politician

Jean Paul Gaultier

Jean Paul Gaultier

French fashion designer

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Tahar Ben Jelloun

Moroccan French author

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Lucien Paul Victor Febvre

French historian

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Auguste Escoffier

French chef

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Sébastien Loeb

French race-car driver

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Yves Saint Laurent

French fashion designer