Paul Louis Halley
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Paul-Louis Halley 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. 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.
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. 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. A jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
Carrefour
Carrefour S.A. is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France. It is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world...
. 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
Forbes
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World's Richest People list in 2003. 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.
Death
He was killed in a Socata TBMSocata TBM
|-See also:-References:* Jackson, Paul. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. ISBN 0 7106 2537 5....
700 aircraft crash on 6 December 2003, during an approach to Oxford Airport
Oxford Airport
-Expansion:The airport is currently looking to establish new routes out of the airport to help grow the airport and grow more into the comercial avaition market. The routes they are looking at are Edinburgh, Dublin, Munich, Amsterdam, Paris, Glasgow and Barcelona...
. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch investigates air accidents in the United Kingdom. It is a branch of the Department for Transport and is based on the grounds of Farnborough Airport near Aldershot, Rushmoor, Hampshire.-History:...
could find no cause for the crash. 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. A jury returned a verdict of accidental death.