Jean-Louis Robert Frédéric Dumas (2 February 1938 – 1 May 2010) was a French billionaire businessman who was the chairman of the Hermès group from 1978 to 2006.
[2] Dumas attended the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, also dubbed Sciences Po.
[3] After travelling in Scandinavia and Czechoslovakia while the drummer of a jazz ensemble, Dumas was sent to Algeria to perform his compulsory military service.
[2] Expanding into the United States and Asia,[2] he turned Hermès into a global brand after taking in the chairmanship, adding interests in fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier and the Leica camera maker to the company.
[2] Jean Louis-Dumas retired as the chairman and artistic director of Hermès in January 2006 due to declining health.