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Pierre Fabre | |
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Died | 20 July 2013
Lavaur, France | (aged 87)
Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur Founder Laboratoires Pierre Fabre |
Pierre Jacques Louis Fabre (16 April 1926 – 20 July 2013) was a French pharmaceutical and cosmetics executive and pharmacist, who founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre in 1962. [1] Fabre, a rugby enthusiast, was also the owner of Castres Olympique, a French rugby union club based in the city of Castres. [1]
Fabre founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre, a major multinational pharmaceutical and cosmetics company headquartered in Castres, in 1962. [1] The company grossed 1.972 billion euros in revenue in 2012. [1] It employs approximately 10,000 people, with 6,700 of those jobs based in France. [1] The success of the company placed Fabre as France's 43rd richest man at the time of his death in 2013. [1]
Fabre died in his home in Lavaur, Tarn department, on 20 July 2013, at the age of 87. [1] The French employers' organisation, Mouvement des Entreprises de France, called his death "a huge loss." [1] Castres Olympique's stadium was renamed as Stade Pierre-Fabre in memory of Fabre in 2017. [2]