Pierre Jacques Louis Fabre (16 April 1926 – 20 July 2013) was a French pharmaceutical and cosmetics executive and pharmacist, who founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre in 1962.[1] Fabre, a rugby enthusiast, was also the owner of Castres Olympique, a French rugby union club based in the city of Castres.[1]
Fabre founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre, a major multinational pharmaceutical and cosmetics company headquartered in Castres, in 1962.[1] The company grossed 1.972 billion euros in revenue in 2012.[1] It employs approximately 10,000 people, with 6,700 of those jobs based in France.[1] The success of the company placed Fabre as France's 43rd richest man at the time of his death in 2013.