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Nicolas Hayek
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Nicolas Hayek

Entrepreneur · The Swatch Group · born February 19, 1928 · died 2010

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Nicolas George Hayek was a Lebanese-Swiss businessman, and the co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of The Swatch Group.

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  1. ~3Founded The Swatch Group1931
  2. ~58Became CEO of The Swatch Group1986

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