Pierre Fabre (businessman)

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Pierre Fabre
Born	(1926-04-16)16 April 1926 Castres, France
Died	20 July 2013(2013-07-20) (aged 87) Lavaur, France
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur Founder Laboratoires Pierre Fabre

Pierre Jacques Louis Fabre (16 April 1926 – 20 July 2013) was a French pharmaceutical and cosmetics executive and pharmacist, who founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre in 1962.^[1] Fabre, a rugby enthusiast, was also the owner of Castres Olympique, a French rugby union club based in the city of Castres.^[1]

Fabre founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre, a major multinational pharmaceutical and cosmetics company headquartered in Castres, in 1962.^[1] The company grossed 1.972 billion euros in revenue in 2012.^[1] It employs approximately 10,000 people, with 6,700 of those jobs based in France.^[1] The success of the company placed Fabre as France's 43rd richest man at the time of his death in 2013.^[1]

Fabre died in his home in Lavaur, Tarn department, on 20 July 2013, at the age of 87.^[1] The French employers' organisation, Mouvement des Entreprises de France, called his death "a huge loss."^[1] Castres Olympique's stadium was renamed as Stade Pierre-Fabre in memory of Fabre in 2017.^[2]