# Louis Le Duff

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{{short description|French businessman}}
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| known_for   = Founder and CEO, [Groupe Le Duff](/source/Groupe_Le_Duff) and [Brioche Dorée](/source/Brioche_Dor%C3%A9e)
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'''Louis Le Duff''' (born 1945/1946) is a French billionaire businessman, and the founder and CEO of [Groupe Le Duff](/source/Groupe_Le_Duff) and the [Brioche Dorée](/source/Brioche_Dor%C3%A9e) bakery chain.

==Early life==
Le Duff went to school at [Lycée de la Croix-Rouge](/source/Lyc%C3%A9e_de_la_Croix-Rouge), [Brest](/source/Brest%2C_France).<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](/source/%C3%89cole_sup%C3%A9rieure_des_sciences_commerciales_d'Angers) (ESSCA), an MBA from the [Université de Sherbrooke](/source/Universit%C3%A9_de_Sherbrooke), Canada, and a PhD in management sciences from the [University of Rennes](/source/University_of_Rennes).<ref name="groupeleduff.com"/>

==Career==
He worked as a teacher at the [Rouen Business School](/source/Rouen_Business_School), and then a lecturer at the [University of Rennes 1](/source/University_of_Rennes_1), [Rennes](/source/Rennes).<ref name="groupeleduff.com"/>

Le Duff opened the first branch of [Brioche Dorée](/source/Brioche_Dor%C3%A9e) 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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Category:1940s births
Category:French billionaires
Category:French company founders
Category:French chief executives
Category:Université de Sherbrooke alumni
Category:University of Rennes alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Rennes
Category:Living people
Category:Breton-speaking people

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