Jean-claude decaux biography
Jean-claude decaux biography
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Jean-Claude Decaux
French businessman
Jean-Claude Decaux | |
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Born | Jean-Claude Jacques Decaux (1937-09-15)15 September 1937 Beauvais, France |
Died | 27 May 2016(2016-05-27) (aged 78) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
Occupation(s) | Founder and CEO of JCDecaux |
Spouse | Danièle Piraud |
Children | 3 |
Jean-Claude Decaux (15 September 1937 – 27 May 2016)[1] was a French businessman and [2][3] founder of advertising company JCDecaux.
The company is now run by his sons, Jean-François Decaux and Jean-Charles Decaux.[2][3]
Personal life
Jean-Claude Decaux was the son of a shoe salesman in Beauvais, France.[4]
He was married with three children and lived in Paris.[5]
He died on 27 May 2016 aged 78.[6][7][8]
Career
At the age of 18, inspired by an argument with his father over the family shoe store's window display, Jean-Claude started a business creating bil