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Alain Mérieux
French businessman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alain Mérieux (born 10 July 1938) is a French billionaire businessman, chairman of Institut Mérieux and politician.
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Early life
Alain Mérieux is the son of Charles Mérieux (1907–2001), and the grandson of Marcel Mérieux (1870–1937), who founded Institut Mérieux in 1897.[1]
Career
Alain Merieux has also been involved in political activities in France, where he was first vice-president of the board of the Rhone-Alpes region from 1986 until 1998, where he was in charge of foreign relations, economic development, research and secondary education.[2]
Personal life
Mérieux lives in Lyon, and is married with three children.[1] In 2006, his eldest son, Christopher died of a heart attack. His middle son, Rudolph died in 1996 in a plane crash. As of 2 December 2021, Bloomberg estimated Mérieux's net worth to be US$8.80 Billion which make him the 277th richest person in the world.
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