André Rousselet (1 October 1922 – 29 May 2016) was a French businessman and the founder of Canal Plus, a French premium cable television channel launched in 1984. He also founded the number one taxi company in Paris called Taxis G7. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1967 to 1968 for Haute-Garonne's 1st constituency from the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left and was a close friend to the late French ex-president François Mitterrand.[1][2][3][4][5] He was also the father of film producer, Philippe Rousselet.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "André Rousselet | | The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  2. ↑ "André Rousselet, businessman – obituary". Telegraph.co.uk. 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  3. ↑ "Mort d'André Rousselet, fondateur de Canal". Lemonde.fr. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  4. ↑ Un mot à ajouter ? (2016-05-29). "André Rousselet, fondateur de Canal Plus, est mort - Libération". Liberation.fr. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  5. ↑ Rédaction Le HuffPost (2016-05-29). "André Rousselet, fondateur de Canal Plus et propriétaire des taxis G7, est mort". Huffingtonpost.fr. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  6. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (30 May 2016). "André Rousselet Dies: Canal Plus Founder & Mitterand Cabinet Director Was 93". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 March 2022.


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