Hubert Perrodo (25 January 1944 - 29 December 2006) was a French businessman,
polo player and art collector. He was the founder and sole owner of the oil group
Perenco
Perenco is an independent Anglo-French oil and gas company with a headquarters in London and Paris. It conducts exploration and production activities in 16 countries around the globe (the North Sea, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democr ...
.
Early life
Hubert Perrodo was born on 25 January 1944 in
Larmor-Baden in Morbihan,
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period o ...
, to a family of fishermen.
Career
He was the president of the independent oil group Perenco, which produced then more than of oil per day.
Polo
His
polo team, Labégorce, won the Queen's Cup, in 2004. On a journey to
Château Giscours, in Margaux to play polo, he learned that
Château Labégorce Zédé
The winery of what was formerly known separately as Château Labégorce-Margaux and Château Labégorce-Zédé lies in the commune of Margaux in the Médoc region in the département of Gironde. In 2005, the two wines were consolidated under th ...
was for sale. He bought it in August 1989 and went on to become a large wine producer. In 2001, he repurchased the Castle of Abbot Gorsse de Gorsse, in February 2002 bought Labégorce-Zédé Castle, and in June 2006 he bought the
Château Marquis d'Alesme Becker
Château Marquis d'Alesme Becker is a winery in the Margaux appellation of the Bordeaux wine region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of fourteen ''Troisièmes Crus'' (Third Growths) in the historic Bordeaux Wine Official Cl ...
.
Art collection
He was a prominent art collector, mostly focused on paintings.
Later life
He died on 29 December 2006 — one month before his 63rd birthday — in a hiking accident, descending ''La Dent du Villard'' mountain trail near
Courchevel
Courchevel () is a French Alps ski resort. It is a part of Les Trois Vallées, the largest linked ski areas in the world. Courchevel also refers to the towns of Courchevel 1300 (Le Praz), Courchevel 1550, Courchevel 1650 (Moriond), and Cou ...
.
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Personal life
He was married to Ka Yee Wong, later known as Carrie Perrodo.[ François Hubert Marie Perrodo (born 14 February 1977), chairman of Perenco, Nathalie Perrodo-Samani (born 1980) and Bertrand Nicolas Hubert Perrodo (born 1984).][
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References
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1944 births
2006 deaths
20th-century French businesspeople