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Michael Leclercq is a French entrepreneur and businessman best known as the founder of Decathlon, one of the world’s largest sporting goods retailers.Established in 1976, Decathlon has revolutionized the sporting goods industry with its unique business model, emphasizing accessibility, innovation, and affordability.
Decathlon's former logo. Founded by Michel Leclercq in 1976, Decathlon started with a store in Lille, France. [9] Its holding company was formerly known as Oxylane. [10]The company expanded abroad to Germany in 1986, [11] Spain in 1992, [11] [12] Italy in 1993, [11] Belgium in 1997, [13] Portugal, the United Kingdom in 1999, Brazil in 2001, mainland China in 2003, India and Romania in 2009 ...
Decathlon found a void in the nature- and sport-loving market, tapped into it, and built a monumental business out of it. ... That’s part of what founder Michel Leclercq wanted when he started ...
Jean-Michel Besnier: 55 7.7 billion Lactalis: 16 Marie Besnier Beauvalot: 42 7.7 billion Lactalis: 18 Xavier Niel: 55 6.7 billion Iliad SA: 19 Alain Mérieux: 85 6.3 billion Institut Merieux: 20 Michel Leclercq: 83 5 billion Decathlon Group: 21 Stéphane Bancel: 50 4.4 billion Moderna: 22 Patrick Drahi: 59 4.3 billion Altice: 23
Leclercq is a member of the Mulliez family, known for the founding and ownership of supermarket chain Auchan, the 12th wealthiest family in the world. [10] Olivier is the first son of, Michel Leclercq, the founder of Decathlon, the largest sporting good retailer in the world, both of whom are on the board of directors. in 2018, Bloomberg reported the Mulliez family net worth as US$37.5 billion.
The sport officially made its Olympic debut in 1904 in St. Louis as a part of the All-Around Championship (now the decathlon), and as a standalone sport in the 1908 London Games.
Michel Leclercq: Founder of Decathlon, one of the world's largest sporting goods retailers. Olivier Leclercq : Former chairman of Decathlon and owner of Olivarius Hotels. Alexia Leclercq : A youth activist and environmental justice organizer from Texas, co-founder of Start:Empowerment.
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