Jacques Corrèze

Jacques Corrèze (February 11 1912, Auxerre—28 June 1991, Paris), a French businessman and politician, was the former chief executive officer of the United States operation of L'Oréal (L'Oréal USA), the world's leading company in cosmetics and beauty products. He was the adoptive son of Eugène Deloncle.

Corrèze was a member of La Cagoule, a violent fascist-leaning and anti-communist group. During its early period, Eugène Schueller provided financially support and held meetings for La Cagoule at L'Oréal headquarters. In the 1950s, Corrèze was convicted of a number of crimes against France's Jews, and sentenced to ten years in prison in France. He was released after serving five years and shortly thereafter became an executive at L'Oréal. Corrèze was in charge of negotiations with the Arab world, after countries in the latter began a boycott of L'Oréal when it was revealed that the group was owned by Helena Rubinstein, Incorporated.

Jacques Correze was under investigation by the U.S. DOJ Office of Special Investigations in 1991 (New York Times, 20 Jun 1991:D:1:1). Forced to leave the United States, he died a week later, at age 79.

See also

• L'Oréal
• Eugène Schueller
• Liliane Bettencourt
• André Bettencourt
• La Cagoule

External links

• Official website of L'Oréal
• Forbes article on L'Oréal
• Forbes article on Liliane Bettencourt
• Book Review of Bitter Scent

References

Michael Bar-Zohar, Bitter Scent: The Case of L'Oréal, Nazis, and the Arab Boycott, Dutton Books, London, 1996, pp. 264.