Louis Renault
- Category : 1877-births
- Type : PE
- Profile : 6/2 - Role Model / Hermit
- Definition : Split - Small (12)
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Revolution 1
Biography
French industrialist, one of the founders of Renault and a pioneer of the automobile industry.
Renault built one of France's largest automobile manufacturing concerns, which bears his name to this day. During World War I his factories contributed massively to the war effort notably so by the creation and manufacture of the first effective tank: the Renault FT tank. Accused of collaborating with the Germans during World War II, he died while awaiting trial in liberated France toward the end of 1944 under uncertain circumstances. His company was seized and nationalized by the provisional government of France although he died before he could be tried. His factories were the only ones permanently expropriated by the French government.
He died on 24 October 1944, aged 67, in Fresnes Prison, Val-de-Marne, France.