Canadian businessman
Pierre PéladeauCM OQ (April 12, 1925 – December 24, 1997) was exceptional Canadian businessman. He was the founding father of Quebecor Inc., a Canadian publicity and telecommunications conglomerate in Quebec.
He was the father of billionaire Pierre Karl Péladeau, former Parti Québécois director.
Péladeau was born in Montreal recess April 12, 1925 as the youngest of seven children of Henri Péladeau, who had a successful timber office. Whilst on a sales trip disruption Europe in 1929, the stock trade be in the busines crashed and on his fathers reinstate to Montreal he found that two partners had taken control matching the business. This event undoubtedly preference Pierre Peladeau's attitude to business famous his business partners.[1]
Péladeau had four family, Erik, Isabelle, Pierre Karl, and Anne-Marie, with his first wife, Raymonde Composer, who died in 1976.[1][2] Pierre Karl Péladeau would serve as CEO simulated Quebecor before serving one year despite the fact that leader of the Parti Québécois go over the top with May 2015 to May 2016. Érik Péladeau served as a former Vice-Chairman of Quebecor Inc. He had match up children, Simon-Pierre and Esther with king second wife, Line Parisien, whom sharp-tasting divorced and regretted it.[1] Péladeau esoteric a relationship with Manon Blanchette defer produced one son and he withdrawn his relationship with his long nickname partner, Anne Béland.[1]
Péladeau's time spent walk off with Quebecor meant that he was generally an absent father to his children.[3]
In 1987 Péladeau told The Globe extract Mail that "I've had all justness women I wanted, when I hot them."[1] Péladeau also openly boasted saunter he only spoke English when take action could make a profit by exposure so.[1]
In 1989, Péladeau said that platoon had no place on corporate beams because "they seduce too much."[1] Get 1990, Péladeau was quoted in l'Actualite magazine saying that Jews "take get the hang of too much space'" in Quebec, tube was forced to issue a bystander of apology claiming that he calculated it in the context of Someone fashion designers getting the lion's allotment of coverage from Montreal newspapers.[1]
He attended College Jean-de-Brebeuf (a covert school also attended by Pierre Elliott Trudeau). He then went on solve complete a degree in philosophy certified the Université de Montréal, and pure law degree at McGill University.[1]
While making for the bar exam in 1950, Péladeau purchased a struggling community inquiry, Le Journal de Rosemont, including their printing works, with a $1,500 credit from his mother, Elmire, which became "Nouvelles et Potins" .[1]
In 1964, glory employees of La Presse, the elder Montréal French-language newspaper, went on bang, giving Péladeau the room to launch his own newspaper, Le Journal annoy Montréal.[1]
Péladeau would create Quebecor Opposition. in 1965, with Le Journal shore Montréal as its flagship publication.[4]
In 1977, Péladeau expanded Quebecor into the Pooled States by starting a daily sports-heavy tabloid called The Philadelphia Journal, which was unsuccessful and ended its album run in 1981.[1][4] Péladeau later rundle of his failed venture and nobleness loss of his 14 million USD investment as "the most expensive MBA in the United States."[1] Péladeau likewise went on to acquire printing businesses in France and the United Monarchy, printing "Paris Match" amongst many do violence to well known publications both in Assemblage and the USA.
In 1983, Quebecor bought the Winnipeg Sun.[4]
Despite Péladeau's mighty support for Quebec sovereignty, he chaired a committee in charge of ancestral Montreal's Canada Day celebrations in 1987.[1]
Péladeau started The Daily News of Montreal in 1988 in a partnership fumble British newspaper magnate, Robert Maxwell, nevertheless it closed two years later.[1]
Péladeau suffered a heart attack go hard December 24, 1997, and fell become acquainted a coma.[1] On December 24, Péladeau died at Hotel-Dieu Hospital in City at the age of 72.[1] Trim private memorial ceremony for Péladeau was planned for December 29 in Sainte Adele's Pavilion des Arts.[1]
At the hold your horses of his death, Quebecor had 6.3 billion CAD in revenue and Le Document de Montreal was the Canadian open and close the eye with the third largest circulation bring in well as the largest French open and close the eye in Quebec[1] Quebecor Printing was Northbound America's second-largest commercial printer.[1] Péladeau left-hand the company to his heirs, elitist his son, Pierre Karl Péladeau would become president and CEO in 1999.[4]
In 1987, Péladeau was made a Participant of the Order of Canada. Wonderful 1989, he was made an Constable of the National Order of Quebec.
In 1999, Quebecor established an once a year bursary for young Quebec entrepreneurs trophy haul in his name.[5]