Louis Renault was a French industrialist and a pioneer of automobile industry. Born in a bourgeois family in Paris, he loved to tinker with machines from his childhood and made his first car at the age of 21. On realizing the business potential of his invention, he teamed up with his brothers to open a car making unit. The business flourished from day one and by the beginning of Second World War it had turned into a big conglomerate, with diverse production range. Even then, he remained in full control of the company and whenever any problem arose, he did not rest till he had found a solution. His bad days started from 1939, when he had to dismiss 2000 union members from their job. It earned him a bad name and left him without political support. Next in 1940, the Nazis tried to relocate his factories along with his workers and to prevent that he had to carry on the producing vehicles for the Germans. “Let them take the butter; otherwise they would take the cows”, he had said. However, when France was liberated, he was arrested on the charges of collaborating with Nazis. He died in custody under mysterious circumstances.
