Background
Gousseland, Pierre Leopold was born on January 14, 1922 in Tonnay-Charente, France. Son of Edmond and Marthe (Lemarre) Gousseland.
Gousseland, Pierre Leopold was born on January 14, 1922 in Tonnay-Charente, France. Son of Edmond and Marthe (Lemarre) Gousseland.
Ingenieur Civil des Mines, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines, Paris, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, University Paris, 1947. Postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.
With AMAX Coal Company Inc., from 1948. President Climax division AMAX Coal Company Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut, 1970-1975. Executive vice president AMAX Coal Company Inc., 1975, president, 1975-1977, chairman board, chief executive officer, 1977-1986, honorary chairman, board directors, from 1986.
Senior consultant Paine Webber's Capital Markets, New York City, from 1986. Director American International Group, Inc., French American Banking Corporation, Compagnie Francaise d'Entreprises Mineres, Metallurgiques et d'Investissements., International Business Machines Corporation, Degussa A.G., Frankfurt, West Germany. Member international advisory board Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City, Credit Anstalt Bank verein, Wien, Austria.
Member British Iron, Steel Institute, Societe Francaise de Metallurgie, Verein Deutscher Eisenhuttenleute, Society Automotive Engineers, French-American Chamber of Commerce in the United States, American Society Metals, American Mining Congress (director), Copper Development Association (director), Society Promotion de Mines (director), Council on Foreign Relations, Metallurgical Society. Member Asia Society, Conference Board Clubs: Economic (New York City).
Married Mireille Bonnet, April 3, 1948. Children: Marie Christine, Dominique, Philippe.