About Philippe Foriel-Destezet
Philippe Foriel-Destezet founded his staffing company, Ecco, in 1964; by the 1980s it was France's largest supplier of temporary personnel.
Foriel-Destezet merged the firm with Klaus Jacobs's Swiss firm Adia to create Adecco in 1996.
He stepped down as co-chairman of Swiss staffing firm Adecco in 2005 and was made an honorary president in 2006.
Through his Luxembourg holding company, Akila Finance, he retains more than 4% of the firm.
Adecco employs more than 34,000 people full-time across 5,000 branches in over 60 countries.
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FranceSource of wealth
employment agencyBirth date
09/12/35Number of children
4Education
Master of Business Administration, HEC ParisSelf-made
self-madePhilippe Foriel-Destezet’s fortune is worth
49K
troy ounces of gold
45K
median U.S. household
29K
median U.S. income
0.059%
U.S. credit card volume
0.012%
GDP of the United States
0.009%
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Foriel-Destezet has donated to HEC Foundation in France, a 130-year old institution that gives scholarships and grants to students and professors at HEC Paris.
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