Jean-Louis Dumas

Jean -Louis Dumas and Jean -Louis Dumas - Hermès ( born February 2, 1938 in Paris; † 1 May 2010 ) was a French entrepreneur.

Life

Dumas Hermès came from the French dynasty. His father was Robert Dumas - Hermès (1898-1978), the son of Émile -Maurice Hermès (1871-1951), which in turn the grandson of company founder Thierry Hermès Hermès (1801-1871) was. Dumas attended the Institut d' études politiques de Paris. In 1962 he married the architect Rena Gregoriades († 2009), the later the Hermès stores designed. In 1978, Dumas from his father the management of the luxury goods company Hermès. Dumas attributed by numerous initiatives, the successful renovation and rejuvenation of the company from the 1980s to a highly profitable global company in family hands. Between 1978 and 2009, the annual sales of Hermès verfünfzigfachte. In Dumas ' leadership, among other well-known designers such as Martin Margiela and Jean -Paul Gaultier were committed for Hermès. The Birkin bag - in addition to the Kelly bag since 1986, the high-priced Hermès bestseller in the field of handbags -. Owes the company a clash of Dumas with the actress Jane Birkin on board the Concorde in 1984 Dumas led the company as chairman until 2006 After Dumas. was awarded the Hermès manager Patrick Thomas for the first time in history a non- family member CEO of Hermès. Dumas, who had suffered for many years from Parkinson's disease, died in 2010 at home in Paris. His daughter Sandrine Dumas ( b. 1963 ) is a film actress, his son Pierre -Alexis Dumas ( b. 1967 ) artistic director at Hermès.