Georges Philippar

French businessman
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench businessman
PlacesFrance
wasBusinessperson
Work fieldBusiness
Gender
Male
Birth16 October 1883, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
Death10 February 1959Saint-Malo, France (aged 75 years)
Star signLibra
Awards
Commander of the Legion of Honour 
The details

Biography

Georges Philippar, born on 16 October 1883 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, was a French shipbuilder. He became part of the Messageries Maritimes company in 1912, becoming its chief executive officer in 1925.

Ill-fated French ocean liner MS Georges Philippar was named after him. The ship caught fire on her maiden voyage in 1932 and sank in the Gulf of Aden with the loss of 54 lives.

Biography

Georges Philippar married Marguerite Céline Jeanne Bonnet on 5 January 1907. He founded the Société Provençale de Constructions Aéronautiques, an offshoot of SPCN (Société Provençale de Construction Navale), in 1925. He died in Paris on 10 February 1959.

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