Jean-Claude Decaux & family

Jean-Claude Decaux & family was born on September 15, 1937 in France. Outdoor advertising pioneer Jean-Claude Decaux died in May 2016 at age 78. He was worth $7 billion at the time. Decaux founded his outdoor advertising firm in 1964. It was the first company to set up automatic public toilets in Paris where it splashed its ads. He ran the company for decades but stepped down as CEO in 2000, handing control to sons Jean-Francois and Jean-Charles. In 2014 the company won a Guinness World Record for creating the world's largest outdoor advertising billboard at Riyadh's King Khaled International Airport in Saudi Arabia. At the time of his death, JCDecaux was the world's largest outdoor advertising firm, selling ad space on some 140,000 bus stops, 145 airports, and train and subway stations around the world.
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As per our current Database, Jean-Claude Decaux & family has been died on 27 May 2016 (2016-05-28) (aged 78).

🎂 Jean-Claude Decaux & family - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When Jean-Claude Decaux & family die, Jean-Claude Decaux & family was 78 years old.

Popular As	Jean-Claude Decaux & family
Occupation	Media
Age	78 years old
Zodiac Sign	Libra
Born	September 15, 1937 (France)
Birthday	September 15
Town/City	France
Nationality	France

🌙 Zodiac

Jean-Claude Decaux & family’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Jean-Claude Decaux & family was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.

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Biography/Timeline

1963

At the age of 18, inspired by an argument with his Father over the family shoe store's window display, Jean-Claude started a Business creating billboards along French roadways. In 1963, legislation in France placed restrictions on billboard use which forced Decaux out of Business. He founded JCDecaux in 1964. He made a deal with the city of Lyons, proposing that he would build bus shelters and keep them clean in exchange for advertising space there. The company quickly expanded to other cities.

1980

In 1980, Decaux personally designed the Sanisette public toilet, a self-cleaning public toilet, as a replacement for the pissoirs of Paris.

2015

In January 2015, according to Forbes, he had a net worth of $6.2 billion.