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The Lagardère Group (also Lagardère SCA) is a large French group of companies, diversified in publishing, aerospace, and automotive. The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ...
A corporation (usually known in the United Kingdom and Ireland as a company) is a legal entity (distinct from a natural person) that often has similar rights in law to those of a Civil law systems may refer to corporations as moral persons; they may also go by the name...
Publishing is the activity of putting information in the public arena. ...
An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ...
A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ...
The company has been a target of boycotts by various groups, as a 2% stake in it is held by Montana Management, a front for Saddam Hussein. However, this stake has been suspended since 1991. Montana Management is a trust fund owned by Saddam Hussein. ...
Saddam Hussein Saddām Hussein ʻAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī (Often spelled Husayn or Hussain; Arabic صدام حسين عبدالمجيد التكريتي; born April 28, 1937 1) was President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. ...
1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Holdings: Management Events: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ...
- 10/23/2002 Lagardère announces the purchase of Vivendi Universal Publishing, with the exception of Houghton Mifflin
Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. ...
See also
Mécanique Avion TRAction or Matra is a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to aeronautics and weaponry which today operates as the Lagardère Group. ...
External links - Lagardère Group website (in French) (http://www.lagardere.com/)
- (in English) (http://www.lagardere.com/us/)
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