The distant cousin of Gérard Mulliez, at the origin of the mass distribution group, was skiing in the Maurienne valley, in Savoie, at the time of the tragedy.
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Guillaume Mulliez, member of the powerful family of entrepreneurs from the North which owns Auchan and Decathlon, among others, died Monday in an avalanche in Modane (Savoie), we learned in the entourage of the family, confirming information from BFMTV.
Aged 61, Guillaume Mulliez was one of the descendants of Louis Mulliez, who was “one of the founders of the ecosystem of the Mulliez Family Association which led to the creation of Auchan”, according to those around him. of the family.
He was a distant cousin of Gérard Mulliez, founder of Auchan, added this source. The Modane CRS confirmed to Agence France-Presse a death in an avalanche on Monday, without details on the identity of the victim. “Five skiers were going from the Valfréjus station towards the Vallée Étroite pass (Maurienne) to reach a refuge on the Italian side” when the avalanche occurred, Monday around 1 p.m., they said.
The avalanche risk was rated at 4 out of 5
“A snowy mountain section left and they got caught in a flow at an altitude of 2,390 meters”, continue the CRS. “One of the four hikers was buried and quickly found and hauled out, but unfortunately the doctor was unable to revive him. “The avalanche risk assessment bulletin was 4 out of 5,” they note.
After working for Phildar, the knitting yarn company founded in Roubaix in 1922 by Louis Mulliez, Guillaume Mulliez created Dimo Software, a management software company for companies. With 22 billion euros in 2022, the Mulliez family ranked eighth among the largest French fortunes, according to Challenges.