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Gérard Pélisson

French businessman (1932–2023)

Gérard Pélisson (9 February 1932 – 6 March 2023) was a French hotelier and businessman who was the co-founder of the Accor Group, and president of the Institut Paul Bocuse.2

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Born Feb 9, 1932, died Mar 6, 2023.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedMassachusetts Institute of Technology3 4
  • Date not recordedÉcole Centrale Paris3

Pelisson was born in Lyon in 1932 and obtained his engineering diploma from the École Centrale Paris in 1955. He was a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.11

  • 1997 to 2018Chair, Union des Français de l'Etranger10
  • Date not recordedWorked at Institut Paul Bocuse5
  • Date not recordedFounded Mercure Hotels6
  • Date not recordedFounded Accor7
  • Date not recordedFounded Novotel8
  • Date not recordedFounded ibis Hotels9

Pelisson co-founded the hospitality company the Accor Group.

In September 2008, he wrote, together with Paul Dubrule, the history of the adventure of Accor Group published in the Harmony of the Accor Group by Transversales Éditions. As one of the supporters of Charles Millon, he was a Patron of the International School of Business and Development 3A in 1993.

Pelisson was president of the Union des Français de l'Étranger from 1997–2023.

On 27 January 2011, he delivered a press conference concerning the reasons the Accor Group left Tunisia 3 years before. In his words, he mentioned "In Tunisia, we were forced, for example, to buy for 7 million euros a run-down hotel that was completely worthless, in order to allow the bank to list that sum as an asset. This is no longer possible".

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Personal life

  • BornFeb 9, 1932, 1st arrondissement of Lyon12
  • DiedMar 6, 2023, Mouans-Sartoux13
  • CitizenshipFrance14
  • ResidenceFrance15

Awards

  • 2006Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour16
  • 2005Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite16
  • 2001Order of the Republic16
  • 2000Officer of the National Order of Merit16
  • 1984manager de l'année16

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