He was estimated to have a fortune of £2.2bn, putting him at 104th on the Forbes World's Richest People list in 2003.
Paul-Louis Halley founded the retail company Promodès in 1961, along with his father and brother.
He was killed in a Socata TBM 700 aircraft crash on 6 December 2003, during an approach to Oxford Airport.
[2] There were no technical problems with the plane, and investigators could only speculate that the pilot was distracted by a bird as he tried to land.
The inquest into the death of Paul-Louis Halley took place in Oxford, England, in late October 2005.