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Alexis Gourvennec (January 11, 1936, Henvic, Finistère - February 19, 2007) was a Breton pig farmer and economic leader who played a major role in the regeneration of Brittany, France, after World War II. In the early 1960s he was a leading militant in the Young Farmers' Movement, and in 1961 he helped found and led SICA (Societe d'Interet ...
Alexis Gourvennec, né le 11 janvier 1936 à Henvic et mort le 19 février 2007 à Morlaix, est un syndicaliste agricole et entrepreneur breton. Il se fit remarquer au début des années 1960 en devenant l'un des leaders de manifestations de paysans bretons.
On 19 February, our founder Alexis Gourvennec sadly passed away aged 71. Alexis had fought to free his beloved region of Brittany from poverty and from the grip of ruthless traders who decided the market prices. A humble pig farmer who became an influential and charismatic firebrand, Alexis founded Brittany Ferries so that he and his fellow ...
Founded in 1972 by proud Breton Alexis Gourvennec and a group of fellow Breton farmers wanting to export their cauliflowers and artichokes to the UK, Brittany Ferries is now the leading maritime carrier on the western and central Channel.
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Tuesday February 20 2007, 12.00am, The Times. The amazing Breton economic leader Alexis Gourvennec was in his time a small peasant, a shipping magnate, a pig-breed-ing tycoon, a ruthless riot...
Alexis Gourvennec, Brittany Ferries founder. Roots and routes - the Brittany Ferries backstory. Brittany was an impoverished region in the 1950s. Its roads were poor, its communications networks were rudimentary, and the farming community – the region’s lifeblood – danced to the tune of markets driven by movers and shakers in Paris.
