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Chanel

Private French luxury fashion house founded in 1910 by Coco Chanel in Paris. It is owned by Alain and Gérard Wertheimer.

Of the 1 person here linked to Chanel, 1 is a founder and 0 are still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.

Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.

1 person at Chanel

Founder

Role

Founder and designer, 1910–1971
Source · high confidence. Wikipedia says the house was founded in 1910 by Coco Chanel in Paris; her Coco Chanel page says she became a licensed milliner in 1910, closed the couture house in 1939 and revived it in 1954. The end year is her death.
Past
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Coco Chanel
Founder, House of Chanel; creator, Chanel No. 5
poverty · outsider · no college