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Philippe Foriel-Destezet
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- employment agency
- Industry
- Service
- Residence
- Education
- HEC Paris (Master of Business Administration)
- Children
- 4
Assets
- Adecco S.A.8,057,000 shares @ --ADEN-CH
Biography
Philippe Foriel-Destezet founded his staffing company, Ecco, in 1964; by the 1980s it was France's largest supplier of temporary personnel.
Foriel-Destezet merged the firm with Klaus Jacobs's Swiss firm Adia to create Adecco in 1996.
He stepped down as co-chairman of Swiss staffing firm Adecco in 2005 and was made an honorary president in 2006.
Through his Luxembourg holding company, Akila Finance, he retains more than 4% of the firm.
Adecco employs more than 34,000 people full-time across 5,000 branches in over 60 countries.
About
Foriel-Destezet has donated to HEC Foundation in France, a 130-year old institution that gives scholarships and grants to students and professors at HEC Paris.