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PARIS -- Edouard Michelin, the co-managing partner of the French tire company that bears his family name, was killed Friday in a boating accident, officials said. He was 42.
Michelin, who had headed the tire group since 1999, was killed near Sein island off western France's Atlantic coast, a company statement said.
Michelin, famed for its tire business, is also known for its restaurant guides and its maps.
He joined the company in 1985, nearly a century after it was founded in 1889 by two brothers Edouard and Andre Michelin.
The company said its other managing partner, Michel Rollier, would now run the firm that employs 130,000 people worldwide, 30,000 of them in France.
Michelin had been aboard a fishing boat that sank in still unexplained circumstances.
The boat left the Brittany port of Audierne on Thursday night. His body was recovered on Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Michelin's fishing companion, Guillaume Normant, was still missing.
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Michelin, who had headed the tire group since 1999, was killed near Sein island off western France's Atlantic coast, a company statement said.
Michelin, famed for its tire business, is also known for its restaurant guides and its maps.
He joined the company in 1985, nearly a century after it was founded in 1889 by two brothers Edouard and Andre Michelin.
The company said its other managing partner, Michel Rollier, would now run the firm that employs 130,000 people worldwide, 30,000 of them in France.
Michelin had been aboard a fishing boat that sank in still unexplained circumstances.
The boat left the Brittany port of Audierne on Thursday night. His body was recovered on Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Michelin's fishing companion, Guillaume Normant, was still missing.
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