Paul-Louis Halley
Paul-Louis Halley (1934 – 2003) was a French businessman who part-founded the retail company Promodès, which later merged with Carrefour. Much of his fortune came from his 11% stakeholding in Carrefour. He was estimated to have a fortune of £2.2bn, putting him at 104th on the Forbes World's Richest People list in 2003.[1] He died in a plane crash in 2003.
Paul-Louis Halley founded the retail company Promodès in 1961, along with his father and brother. The company merged with Carrefour in 1999, with Halley as the principal shareholder.
[edit] Death
He was killed in a Socata TBM 700 aircraft crash on 6 December 2003, during an approach to Oxford Airport. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch could find no cause for the crash.[2] There were no technical problems with the plane, and they could only speculate that the pilot was distracted by a bird as he tried to land. The plane went into an uncontrolled roll, killing Halley, his wife, and the pilot.
The inquest into the death of Paul-Louis Halley took place in Oxford, England, in late October 2005.[3] A jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
[edit] References
- ^ Paul Louis Halley & family Forbes
- ^ AAIB Bulletin No: 5/2005. Ref EW/C2003/12/03 (PDF)
- ^ BBC News: 'Tycoon air death "was accidental"' Retrieved 2009-10-18
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