Médard des Groseilliers
@medardgroseilliers
French explorer and fur trader
Building Hudson's Bay Company as Founder · France
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1618–1696
About
Médard des Groseilliers (1618–1696) was a Coureur des bois. They were born in Charly-sur-Marne.
In context
Hudson's Bay Company was founded in 1670 and closed in 2025, after 355 years. Among the 550 other retail companies we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 65 years, so this one outlasted most of them.
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Contribution
Médard's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.