Louis Le Duff
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Bakeries
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Residence
- Paris
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
Biography
Louis Le Duff got his start when he opened a combined restaurant-bakery in a Quebec ski resort while studying abroad for his MBA.
In 1976, he took the concept back to France and opened the first Brioche Dorée bakery in Brittany with just $2,000.
Groupe Le Duff now operates more than 1,000 bakery and restaurant locations, including La Madeleine French eateries chain in the U.S. and Del Arte in France.
The company's biggest business is Bridor, which produces high-quality breads and pastries for hotels, restaurants and catering services in more than 100 countries.
Le Duff also owns frozen food maker Gourming, and he owned the Bruegger's Bagels chain from 2011 until 2017, when he sold it to Caribou Coffee Company. 
About
In the summer of 1970, when Le Duff studied at Columbia University in the City of New York, he worked night shifts at a French creperie on 3rd Street.