L’essentiel et les points à retenir :
- Bernard Tapie était un homme d’affaires, acteur, ancien homme politique et président du club de football de l’Olympique de Marseille.
- Il était spécialisé dans la récupération d’entreprises en faillite, et a notamment possédé Adidas de 1990 à 1993.
- Son équipe de cyclisme La Vie Claire a remporté le Tour de France deux fois, en 1985 et 1986.
- Son club de football, l’Olympique de Marseille, a remporté le championnat français quatre fois d’affilée et la Ligue des champions en 1993.
- Bernard Tapie est décédé à l’âge de 78 ans des suites d’un cancer de l’estomac, laissant derrière lui un héritage marqué par le succès et les scandales.
- Sa carrière polyvalente l’a vu endosser de nombreux rôles, allant d’entrepreneur avisé à acteur en passant par présentateur de télévision et propriétaire d’un club cycliste prospère.
Who is Bernard Tapie?
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Bernard Tapie was born in Paris. He was a businessman who specialized in recovering bankrupt companies, among which Adidas is the most famous (he owned Adidas from 1990 to 1993). He was also the owner of sports teams: his cycling team La Vie Claire won the Tour de France twice – in 1985 and 1986 – and his football club Olympique de Marseille won the French championship four times in a row, and the Champions League in 1993.
Bernard Tapie’s Legacy
Bernard Tapie, the businessman, actor, former politician, and one-time president of Olympique de Marseille football club, whose larger-than-life career and recurring legal problems made him one of France’s best-known personalities, has died aged 78. Tapie, who led Marseille to the Champions League title in 1993 and whose business interests also included a major stake in the German sportswear brand Adidas acquired in 1990, had been suffering from stomach cancer for nearly five years.
The Versatile Career of Bernard Tapie
As a businessman and would-be actor, Bernard Tapie played many roles during a rollercoaster career that embraced success and scandal in almost equal measure. The flamboyant Frenchman, who has died aged 78 of cancer, was a shrewd entrepreneur, a star of screen and stage, politician, government minister, president of Olympique de Marseille football club, television presenter, owner of a successful cycling club, and a press baron.