Thierry JacquillatThierry Jacquillat (born July 29, 1938 in Versailles

Versailles

Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, died January 2010) was president of Paris-ile de France Capitale Economique and former number 2 of Pernod Ricard

Pernod Ricard

Pernod Ricard is a French company that produces distilled beverages. The company's eponymous products, Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis, are both anise-flavoured liqueurs and are often referred to simply as Pernod or Ricard...

. He started to work for the Pernod Fils

Pernod Fils

Pernod Fils was the most popular brand of absinthe throughout the 19th century until it was banned in 1915. During the Belle Époque, the Pernod Fils name became synonymous with absinthe, and the brand represented the de facto standard of quality by which all others were judged.-Origins:The brand's...

 company at the age of 25, and was secretary-general of the company at the time of its merger with the Ricard Group in 1974. The merger was led by Jacquillat, who then held the position of Director General at Pernod Ricard until 2000. “In his almost 40 years with Pernod Ricard, Thierry Jacquillat helped transform a French family-run business with 1,100 employees into one of the top world leaders in wines and spirits, with nearly 15,000 employees and a presence in nearly 100 countries”