André Citroën
André Citroën · Technology & Engineering
Industrialist and engineer, founder of the Citroën automobile company; pioneered mass car production in Europe.
1878, Paris, France — 1935, Paris, France
France
André Citroën is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Industrialist and engineer, founder of the Citroën automobile company; pioneered mass car production in Europe.
André Citroën was a French industrialist and engineer who founded the Citroën automobile company in 1919 and introduced European mass production of cars on the American model, making the first mass-produced car in Europe. He was also a marketing pioneer, lighting the Eiffel Tower with the Citroën name. Born in Paris to a Jewish family of Dutch and Polish origin, his father was a diamond merchant.
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Industrialist and engineer, founder of the Citroën automobile company; pioneered mass car production in Europe.
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