Lucky to find partners to finance a small boutique in Paris that has grown into a worldwide business.
"With its worldwide business and our international focus, it's a very natural partnership."
"Big companies like Shell can afford those administration costs, but for a small company, that could be a life-or-death difference in their worldwide business."
He had been an executive vice president and president of Ford's worldwide automotive business.
At the same time, Thermo King was becoming a worldwide business.
"We have about 30 percent of a $2.2 billion worldwide business."
Ford's worldwide automotive business lost $89 million, compared with a $324 million profit a year ago.
Under his dynamic direction the company built up a worldwide business.
They forecast that worldwide business, over US$275 million in 2009, would continue to grow at an average annual growth rate of 21.4% through 2014.
This worldwide active business has all together more than 1,100 workers.