Gérard C. Louis-Dreyfus (21 June 1932 – 16 September 2016), also known as William, was a French-American businessman. His net worth was estimated at 3.4billionbyForbesin2006.HewasthechairmanofLouisDreyfusEnergyServicesandthegreatgrandsonofLeˊopoldLouis−Dreyfus,founderofLouisDreyfusGroup.HewasthefatherofactressJuliaLouis−Dreyfus.Louis−DreyfuswasborninParisin1932.Hisgreat−grandfatherLeˊopoldLouis−DreyfusfoundedtheLouisDreyfusGroupin1851.Hismother,DoloresPorges(neˊeNeubauer;1905–1987),wasAmerican−born,thedaughterofaBrazilianfatherandaMexicanmother.Hisfather,PierreLouis−Dreyfus,(1908–2011),wasaFrenchmanwhoheadedtheLouisDreyfusgroup.Hisfather,whowasJewish,foughtintheFrenchResistanceduringWorldWarII;hismotherwasCatholic.Hehasonesister,DominiqueCornwell.In1940,Louis−DreyfusmovedtotheUnitedStateswithhismotherafterherdivorcefromPierre.By1945,hehadadoptedthenameWilliamasasymbolofhisintegrationintoAmericansociety.AftergraduatingfromDukeUniversityandDukeUniversitySchoolofLaw,Louis−DreyfusworkedatthelawfirmofDeweyBallantine,NewYork,beforejoiningLouisDreyfusin1965.Louis−DreyfuswaschairmanofthePoetrySocietyofAmericafrom1998to2008.HehadpoemspublishedinpublicationssuchasTheHudsonReview.Louis−DreyfusdiedathishomeinMountKisco,NewYorkon16September2016attheageof84.HisdaughterJuliadedicatedher2016Emmywintoherlatefather.InOctober2012,DreyfuspublishedafullpageadinTheNewYorkTimestitled"ACallToArmsToTheWealthyToProtectTheRightToVote"encouragingwealthypeopleintheUnitedStatestofightvotersuppression.Dreyfushimselfdonated1 million.
Louis-Dreyfus was married twice. In 1955, he married Judith LeFever; they had one daughter, actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born January 1961) before divorcing in 1962. In 1965, he married Phyllis Blankenship; they had two daughters, both social workers: Phoebe Émilie Dominique Louis-Dreyfus Eavis (born May 1968) and Emma R.
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