Content deleted Content added
GreenC bot (talk | contribs) Reformat 1 citation per WP:URLREQ#Canoe.ca. Wayback Medic 2.5 |
m recat |
||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
Line 6:
| name = Pierre Karl Péladeau
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Pierre Karl Péladeau Février 2024 (cropped).
| image_size =
| caption =
Line 52:
| net_worth =
}}
'''Pierre Karl Péladeau''' {{postnominals|country=CAN|OQ}} ({{IPA
Péladeau was the [[Leader of the Official Opposition (Quebec)|Leader of the Opposition]] in the [[Quebec National Assembly]] from his election as leader of the [[Parti Québécois]] on 15 May 2015 until his resignation on 2 May 2016 for family reasons.<ref name="Grescoe2001">{{cite book|last=Grescoe|first=Taras|title=Sacre Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=72Mqi8y5Js8C&pg=PA112|access-date=5 August 2010|date=24 April 2001|publisher=Random House, Inc.|isbn=978-1-55199-081-1|page=112}}</ref><ref name="return as ceo">{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/pierre-karl-peladeau-to-return-as-quebecors-ceo/article34043447/|title=Pierre Karl Péladeau returning as Quebecor's CEO|work=The Globe and Mail|date=16 February 2017|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref>
Line 59:
Péladeau is the son of the Quebecor founder [[Pierre Péladeau]] (1925–1997) and his first wife Raymonde Chopin (1927–1976). His siblings are [[Érik Péladeau]], Anne-Marie Péladeau, Isabelle Péladeau,<ref>[http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2013/11/24/001-accident-laurentides-saint-hippolyte-isabelle-peladeau.shtml radio-canada.ca: "Isabelle Péladeau meurt dans un accident" 24 Nov 2013]</ref> Simon-Pierre Péladeau, Esther Péladeau and Jean B. Péladeau. He was educated in [[Montreal]] and [[Paris]], especially at [[Université Paris VIII]]. He attended the [[Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf]]. He holds a degree in [[philosophy]] from [[Université du Québec à Montréal]] and a [[law degree]] from [[Université de Montréal]].
Péladeau was so inspired by [[Karl Marx]] while attending university that he changed his middle name from “Carl” to “Karl”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec-election-lisee-admits-he-flirted-with-communism-in-university|title = Quebec election: Lisée admits he flirted with communism in university}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macleans.ca/economy/business/the-king-of-quebec/|title=Pierre Karl Péladeau: King of Quebec|date=4 September 2013}}</ref> <!-- False statement and direct contradiction. See personal details section. As per that very section in this very article, he was born Pierre-Carl Péladeau, therefore, Carl is NOT his middle name at birth since it is hyphenated. Pierre-Carl is his FIRST name at birth. He therefore changed his first from Pierre-Carl to simply Pierre, and added a Karl as his new middle name. Please use correct phrasing. -->
Péladeau joined his father's management team at an early age. He is known to be confrontational with unions and has used lock-out tactics at least 14 times.<ref name=gm9mar>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/media-mogul-peladeau-to-run-for-parti-quebecois-in-quebec-election/article17384981/ G+M: "Media mogul Péladeau to run for Parti Québécois in election" 9 Mar 2014]</ref> He
==Business career ==
Péladeau first started in acquisition and business development participating in the acquisition of BCE Publitech which made Quebecor the largest printer in Canada. He played a leading role in the acquisition of [[Maxwell Graphics]] which gave the company a significant presence in the U.S. market.{{Citation needed|date = June 2014}} He also was involved in the acquisition of [[Abitibi-Consolidated|Donohue]] Inc., one of [[North America]]'s most efficient [[pulp and paper]] companies.<ref name=":0">{{
Péladeau was appointed president of Quebecor Communications Inc. in 1991. This division included the company's main publishing assets and some distribution and retail operations.
In 1994, Péladeau relocated to [[Paris]] to help his company's growth. As president of Quebecor Printing Europe he developed the new subsidiary through a series of acquisitions in [[France]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Spain]], building it into Europe's largest printer.
In 1997, after the sudden death of his father, he returned to the Montreal head office to assume the position of executive vice president and chief operating officer of Quebecor Printing Inc. with overall responsibility for the company's worldwide operations.
Line 84:
In 2009, Péladeau was in a bidding war with the Molson family for the [[Montreal Canadiens]] hockey franchise. Péladeau ultimately lost out to the scions of the Canadian brewing giant, and an article published in Quebecor's ''Journal de Québec'' noted Péladeau's “regret” that Canadiens owner George Gillett “preferred financial considerations, while [Péladeau] would have liked the Canadiens to be based on a Québécois identity.”<ref name="macleans.ca"/>
In March 2013, Péladeau announced he was stepping down as CEO of Québecor and was succeeded in May 2013 by [[Vidéotron]]'s then-President [[Robert Depatie]].<ref name=cbc13>[
On 15 May 2013, Péladeau was appointed by [[Pauline Marois]] to be chairman of the board of directors of [[Hydro-Québec]],<ref name=gm9mar/><ref name=gmyak/> which is the largest hydroelectric producer and distributor in Canada. He resigned in March 2014 to pursue his political ambitions.<ref name=gm9mar/>
Line 113:
Péladeau has a daughter, Marie (born 2000), from his previous relationship with Isabelle Hervet, a native of France.<ref name=lapresse/>
He was in a long-term relationship with [[Julie Snyder]], which produced two children, Thomas (born 2005) and Romy (born 2009).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1653221/pierre-karl-peladeau-to-wed-julie-snyder/|title=Pierre Karl Péladeau to wed Julie Snyder}}</ref> Their separation was announced in December 2013, but the couple later reconciled and were married on 15 August 2015 in Quebec City, Quebec.<ref name=gmyak/><ref name=lapresse>[http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/medias/201401/10/01-4727595-pierre-karl-peladeau-et-julie-snyder-se-separent.php lapresse.ca: "Pierre Karl Péladeau et Julie Snyder se séparent" 10 Jan 2014]</ref><ref name=pkpjulieback>{{Cite web |url=http://fr.canoe.ca/divertissement/celebrites/nouvelles/2014/05/27/21698216-qmi.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141027184729/http://fr.canoe.ca/divertissement/celebrites/nouvelles/2014/05/27/21698216-qmi.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=27 October 2014 |title=Canoe.ca: "Julie Snyder et PKP en voie de réconciliation" 27 May 2014 |access-date=27 October 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://vancouversun.com/news/national/Julie+Snyder+more+than+Pierre+Karl+Peladeau+partner+weapon/11169557/story.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150703020812/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/Julie+Snyder+more+than+Pierre+Karl+Peladeau+partner+weapon/11169557/story.html| archive-date = 3 July 2015| title = Julie Snyder is more than Pierre Karl Peladeau's partner. She is the PQ's 'weapon of mass seduction'}}
His girlfriend Marie-Christine Couture was discovered dead in October 2016 at her home in Montreal. Police theorize it was from suicide.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/10/13/suicide-suspected-in-death-of-pladeaus-girlfriend.html|title = Suicide suspected in death of Péladeau's girlfriend|newspaper = The Toronto Star|date = 13 October 2016}}</ref>
Line 133:
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian mass media owners]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian newspaper publishers (people)]]
Line 146 ⟶ 145:
[[Category:Parti Québécois MNAs]]
[[Category:Université de Montréal Faculty of Law alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century
[[Category:Canadian billionaires]]
[[Category:Montreal Alouettes owners]]
| |||