Pursuits
Billionaire Bollore Returns to Brittany With Batteries Plant
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French billionaire Vincent Bollore is used to getting kudos from investors and analysts. Now he’s got France’s president angling to share that spotlight.
With French unemployment at a 14-year high, Bollore’s move to expand production and add jobs at his electric-car battery factory near Quimper, Brittany, earned him a visit from President Francois Hollande, who traveled to France’s western-most province today to speak at the site’s inauguration.