François Dupré, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

François Dupré

French businessman

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1888

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1966

Profession: hotel manager, art collector, horse breeder

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

François Louis Jules Dupré (3 December 1888 – 26 June 1966) was a French, hotelier, art collector, and owner of the thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farm, Haras d'Ouilly.
He was a grandson of the painter Jules Dupré. Dupré served in the French Army during World War I.
Seriously wounded during battle, he was hospitalized for a considerable length of time.
He went on to a career in business that saw him become the owner of two luxury hotels in Paris, the prestigious Hotel George V, Paris and the Hotel Plaza Athenée.
In addition, in 1947, Dupré acquired the Hotel Ritz in Montreal, Canada.
In 1937, while traveling by passenger liner across the Atlantic, Dupré met twenty-five-year-old Anna Stefanna Nagy who would become his second wife.