{{short description|French businessman}} {{Infobox person | name = Louis Le Duff | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |72|2018|08|13}}<ref name="Forbes profile">{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Louis Le Duff |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/louis-le-duff/ |website=Forbes |accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | education = | alma_mater = École supérieure des sciences commerciales d'Angers<br> Université de Sherbrooke<br> University of Rennes | occupation = | known_for = Founder and CEO, Groupe Le Duff and Brioche Dorée | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | boards = | spouse = | children = 2 | parents = | relatives = | website = }} '''Louis Le Duff''' (born 1945/1946) is a French billionaire businessman, and the founder and CEO of Groupe Le Duff and the Brioche Dorée bakery chain.
==Early life== Le Duff went to school at Lycée de la Croix-Rouge, Brest.<ref name="groupeleduff.com">{{cite web|url=https://en.groupeleduff.com/home/louis-le-duff|title=Louis LE DUFF - Groupe LE DUFF|author=|date=|website=groupeleduff.com|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref> He earned a bachelor's degree from the École supérieure des sciences commerciales d'Angers (ESSCA), an MBA from the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, and a PhD in management sciences from the University of Rennes.<ref name="groupeleduff.com"/>
==Career== He worked as a teacher at the Rouen Business School, and then a lecturer at the University of Rennes 1, Rennes.<ref name="groupeleduff.com"/>
Le Duff opened the first branch of Brioche Dorée in Brest in 1976.<ref name="Forbes profile"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.challenges.fr/classements/fortune/louis-le-duff_351|title=La fortune de Louis Le Duff - Les 500 plus grandes fortunes de France - Challenges|author=|date=|website=challenges.fr|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref> The chain now has 1,310 locations in 80 countries.<ref name="Forbes profile"/>
==Personal life== Le Duff is married with two children, and lives in Paris.<ref name="Forbes profile"/>
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