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Isabelle Autissier
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She has sailed around Cape Horn several times, followed the Route de l'Or and set a new record from New York to San Francisco. She took part in the Boc Challenge and the Vendée Globe, two legendary solo round-the-world races. An ocean seafarer, Isabelle Autissier ranks among the leading names in offshore racing. Her home port is La Rochelle. |
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Jean-Louis Foulquier
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Father of the Francofolies festival,
a radio man and now an actor (an increasingly familiar face on both television and the silver screen),
Jean-Louis Foulquier is from La Rochelle,
the son of an oyster-farming family on Ré Island. After many an adventure and years of living in Paris, he returned to settle here. |
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Geneviève Lethu
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It all began 30 years ago.
In La Rochelle, Geneviève Lethu transformed commonplace tableware - plates, flatware and table linen - into decorative objects,
adding grace to the pleasure of the repast.
Today Geneviève's "table arts" signature is displayed in 160 stores all over France and the world. The "parent company" is still located in La Rochelle.
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Charles Kloboukoff
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Energy massages and yoga sessions proposed to employees after their day's work, "bio" products, phytotherapy and natural cosmetics make up the company's showcase.
For Lea-Vital's CEO Charles Kloboukoff, every detail is essential in offering "the natural way to well-being". As a young entrepreneur back in 1996,
he chose to set up business in La Rochelle because the city's "urban ecology" label fit his products well.
Originally employing 7 people, the company now has a workforce of 300. |
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Régine Chopinot
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In 1986, she entered La Rochelle's scene with her explosive
"Défil" and costumes created by Jean-Paul
Gauthier. Since then, Régine Chopinot, the
unruly child of contemporary dance, has relentlessly
pursued her quest in the realm of motion, movement and time,
bringing in artists from other cultural horizons to take part
in her Atlantic Ballet, the Centre
Chorégraphique National de Création. |
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