Rémy Pflimlin, French businessman, Died at 62

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Rémy Pflimlin was born on February 17, 1954, and died on December 3, 2016.

He was a French media executive.

Remy served as the CEO of France from 1999 to 2005, the Nouvelles Messageries de la Presse Parisienne (later known as Presstalis) from 2006 to 2010, and France Télévisions, France’s public national television broadcaster, from 2010 to 2015.

Rémy’s great-uncle, Pierre Pflimlin, was a politician.

Rémy’s father was a Protestant while his mother was a Catholic.

Bertrand-Louis Pflimlin, his brother, became a general in the French Army; his other brother, Thierry Pflimlin, went on to work for the oil company Total.

Rémy’s cousin, Étienne Pflimlin, later served as the CEO of Crédit Mutuel.

Rémy Pflimlin graduated from HEC Paris in 1978.

He was married to an heiress to the Peugeot fortune, and he had four children.

Rémy died due to cancer at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris.

Rémy Pflimlin passed away at 62 years old.