Jacques Wertheimer

Jacques Guy Wertheimer (18 August 1911 – 6 February 1996) was a prominent French businessman who inherited and ran the renowned House of Chanel perfume company. Wertheimer was born at Les Forgettes villa in Deauville, to a Jewish family,[1] the son of Germaine Revel and businessman Pierre Wertheimer who co-founded the Chanel perfume business in 1924.

On 26 March 1947, Jacques Wertheimer married Eliane Fischer, the daughter of an architect. They had two sons, Alain and Gérard. The marriage was short-lived, and after separating, their divorce decree was issued on 11 September 1952.

  1. ^ World's Richest Jews Jerusalem Post