Daniel Richard

Daniel Richard
Richard in 2019
Born(1944-04-19)19 April 1944
Bagnols-sur-Cèze, German-occupied France
Died12 January 2023(2023-01-12) (aged 78)
Montpellier, France
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole nationale de l'aviation civile
OccupationEntrepreneur

Daniel Richard (19 April 1944 – 12 January 2023) was a French entrepreneur.[1]

Biography

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Born in Bagnols-sur-Cèze on 19 April 1944, Richard's mother died when he was three years old.[2][3] The grandson of a polytechnician, he attended the École nationale de l'aviation civile from 1964 to 1966 and earned a degree in engineering.[4]

At the age of 25, Richard began working for the firm Bossard Consultant. He was later hired by 3 Suisses, which he led ten years later.[5] In 1997, LVMH appointed him manager of Sephora, succeeding Dominique Mandonnaud.[6] In 2001, he became director of development and innovation of the Groupe Galeries Lafayette [fr].[7] He was elected CEO of Nova Press in 2007, replacing Jean-François Bizot, who had died.[8]

In 2009, Richard took over the clothing brand Souleiado with his son, Stéphane.[9][10] In 2018, the two had a dispute and Stéphane sued his father.[11] Daniel Richard was dismissed in 2020 in a decision made by a commercial court in Tarascon and confirmed by the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence [fr], which stated that he had displayed "behavior unsuitable for a manager".[11] He felt "betrayed" by his son and appealed to the Court of Cassation.[12]

Philanthropy

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In 2001, Richard succeeded Luc Hoffmann as president of the World Wide Fund for Nature - France [fr].[13] He was succeeded by Claude Dumont in 2008.[14] During his mandate,[15] the L'Alliance pour la planète [fr] brought together more than 80 NGOs for the Grenelle Environnement in 2005.[16] That same year, he launched a blood analysis campaign with volunteers in Nîmes, though no results were published.[17]

Politics

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In February 2009, Richard founded the environmental and citizens movement, Résistances,[18] with Victor Hugo Espinoza.[19] That year, he announced his candidacy for the European election in Île-de-France.[20] In 2020, he announced his candidacy for the municipal council of Nîmes with support from Europe Ecology – The Greens and the Socialist Party, the Radical Party of the Left, La France Insoumise, Ecology Generation, and Cap21. He joined Yvan Lachaud of The Centrists in the party list, a move unpopular with voters, leading him to finish with only 18.62% of votes in the second round.[21]

Death

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Daniel Richard died in Montpellier on 12 January 2023, at the age of 78.[22]

Honors

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References

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  1. ^ "Richard, Daniel (1944-....)". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French).
  2. ^ "Souleiado cédée au Groupe Richard par la Holding Nicollin". La Tribune (in French). 6 April 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  3. ^ Coignard, Jacqueline (21 September 1995). "Prêt à tout pour faire monter le "chouchou", DANIEL RICHARD, peu orthodoxe patron, a frappé fort cet été avec une publicité comparative au détriment de la Redoute. Jugement le 2 octobre. Le mousquetaire bohème des 3 Suisses". Libération (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Daniel Richard". École nationale de l'aviation civile (in French).
  5. ^ Cousteau, Libie (1 June 2000). "Daniel Richard: Le gitan de Sephora". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Daniel Richard se met au parfum". Libération (in French). 16 September 1997. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Daniel Richard". Stratégies (in French). 19 October 2001. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Daniel Richard remplace Jean-François Bizot". Le Nouvel Observateur (in French). 19 October 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  9. ^ "La marque provençale Souleiado mise avec succès sur le prêt-à-porter". Entreprendre (in French). 22 December 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  10. ^ Cottin, Florence (29 July 2016). "Souleiado, la marque aux couleurs du Sud". La Provence (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  11. ^ a b Boris, De La Cruz (23 February 2020). "FAIT DU JOUR Viré de son entreprise par la justice… et tête de liste aux municipales à Nîmes". Objectif Gard (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  12. ^ Samari, Abdel (23 February 2020). "SOULEIADO Le candidat Daniel Richard s'exprime après nos révélations". Objectif Gard (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  13. ^ "WWF France : 10 associations qui défendent la nature". L'Internaute (in French).
  14. ^ "Claude Dumont a été élu président du WWF-France en remplacement de Daniel Richard". actu.environnement (in French). 21 March 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  15. ^ Melquiot, Pierre (26 March 2008). "Environnement, Claude Dumont remplace Daniel Richard à la tête du WWF-France". Actualités news environnement (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  16. ^ Jadot, Yannick (20 February 2019). Aujourd'hui, tout commence !: Pour une Europe enfin démocratique, écologique et solidaire (in French). Les liens qui libèrent. ISBN 9791020906892.
  17. ^ "WWF-France organise des tests sanguins près du futur incinérateur de Nîmes". La Gazette des communes (in French). 23 March 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  18. ^ ""Résistances" création d'un nouveau parti, le président Daniel Richard". YouTube (in French). 18 May 2009.
  19. ^ "Lettre ouverte au Président de la République Française". ecoforum.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 30 November 2020.
  20. ^ Melquiot, Pierre (3 March 2009). "Résistances, un nouveau mouvement politique emmené par Daniel Richard". Actualités news environnement (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  21. ^ Lefrance, Edith (30 May 2020). "Nîmes : "une trahison" fulminent les partenaires de gauche de Daniel Richard". Midi Libre (in French). Nîmes. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  22. ^ Prades, Frédéric (13 January 2023). "Daniel Richard, ancien candidat aux municipales de Nîmes, est décédé". Midi Libre (in French). Nîmes. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  23. ^ "ORDRE DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR Décret du 11 juillet 1997 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance (in French). 13 July 1997.
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