Background
Lacoste was the son of René Lacoste, the founder of the fashion company Lacoste.
Lacoste was the son of René Lacoste, the founder of the fashion company Lacoste.
He attended high school in France and earned the Bachelor of Science at Princeton University in the United States of America.
From February 1954 until February 1956 he was a Lieutenant in the French Air Force. From 1956 until 1963 he worked at General Motors in France. In 1964 he took the position as head of the internationally known company Lacoste.
When he took over the company, it was producing ca 300,000 articles of clothing per year.
In 2005, the figure was almost 50 million, which were sold in 110 countries. The company had a gross revenue of billions of United States dollars.
Six months later, he died after a long illness at the age of 74. Since 1997: Director of the General Meeting of Comité Français des Manifestations à l’Etranger
since 1995: Director of the World Federation Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI)
since 1988: Director of Union des Fabricants
since 1981: Honorary vice president of the French Federation of Sporting Goods Industry (FIFAS)
From 1980 to 1983: Director of Centre Français du Commerce Extérieur (CFCE)
From 1970 to 1974: President of the Neuilly Tennis Association
From 1981 to 1981: Vice president of the Fédération Française d’Articles de Sport
From 1966 to 1981: Director of Fédération Française d’Articles de Sport.
Since 2002: Regular Member of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI)
From 1992 to 1997: Active member of the General Meeting of Comité Français des Manifestations Economiques à l’Etranger (CFME)
since 1986: Active member of the Comité Vendôme
since 1984: Member of the Comité Colbert.