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Biography of julia louis-dreyfus father
Gérard Louis-Dreyfus
French-American businessman (1932–2016)
Gérard C. Louis-Dreyfus (21 June 1932 – 16 September 2016), also known as William,[1] was a French-American businessman.
His net worth was estimated at $3.4 billion by Forbes in 2006.[2] He was the chairman of Louis Dreyfus Energy Services and the great-grandson of Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, founder of Louis Dreyfus Group.[3] He was the father of actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Life and career
Louis-Dreyfus was born in Paris in 1932.[4] His great-grandfather Léopold Louis-Dreyfus founded the Louis Dreyfus Group in 1851. His mother, Dolores Porges (née Neubauer; 1905–1987), was American-born,[4] the daughter of a Brazilian father and a Mexican mother.[5] His father, Pierre Louis-Dreyfus (1908–2011),[6] was a Frenchman who headed the Louis Dreyfus group.
Pierre, who was Jewish, fought in the French Resistance during World War II;[7] his m