Paul-Louis Halley
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Paul-Louis Halley (1934 – December 6, 2003) was a French billionaire who was killed in a light plane crash in 2003. He was estimated to have a fortune of £2.2bn, putting him at 104th on the Forbes World's Richest People list in 2003. Much of his fortune came from his 11% stakeholding in Carrefour.
In 1961 he founded the retail company Promodès with his father and brother. The company merged with Carrefour in 1999, with Halley as the principal shareholder.
He was killed in a Socata TBM 700 aircraft crash on December 6, 2003 during approach to Oxford Airport. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch could find no cause for the crash. There was no technical problems with the plane, and they could only speculate that the pilot of the plane was distracted by a bird as he tried to land. The plane went into an uncontrolled roll, killing Halley, his wife and the pilot.
The inquest into the death of Paul-Louis Halley will take place in Oxford, England, in late October 2005. A jury will return a verdict of the cause of death.
