Pierre, who was Jewish, fought in the French Resistance during World War II;[7] his mother was Catholic.
[9] Another cousin is Robert Louis-Dreyfus, the former chief executive officer of Adidas and ex-Chairman of French football club Olympique de Marseille.
[citation needed] In 1940, Louis-Dreyfus moved to the United States with his mother after her divorce from Pierre.
[9] In 1965, he married Phyllis Blankenship; they had two daughters, both social workers: Phoebe Émilie Dominique Louis-Dreyfus Eavis (b.
[9][12] In 1996, Phoebe married English financial journalist Peter Eavis at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Bedford, New York.