Pacôme Saint-Pierre

Pacôme Saint-Pierre (October 2, 1918 - May 11, 1986) was a Belgian-born Franco-Tsengian businessman and entrepreneur. He was the founder of the dashang Zhaoling Group. Saint-Pierre's Mandarin name was Pete Zhaoling (皮特召麐), which is the basis of the dashang's name. At the time of his assassination in 1986, he was worth US$1.2 million.

Early life
Saint-Pierre was born in, on October 2, 1918 into a middle-class family. In 1926, the family relocated to the French Talasides after his father's job with took the family there. He later became fluent in English, Mandarin and Hokkien.

Career
In 1953, he founded Zhaoling Group after purchasing a failed boat manufacturing operation in Jingfeng.

In 1976, he founded Pacôme, a discount department store, which quickly became one of the largest retail chains in Tseng.

In 1977, he and fellow businessman and industrialist Wu A-fu (吳阿福) founded Zhaoling Motors, who's Zhaoling 9A car was an immediate success and rivaled Volkswagen, Fuxing, Nissan, Honda and GM models in popularity. In 1983, Zhaoling began to sell cars in the US, and the Zhaoling Shadow was named the runner-up for the 1984 Motor Trend Car of the Year award due to it's affordability and reliability.

Death
Overtime, Saint-Pierre drew the ire of the Tsengian government. On May 11, 1986, a SIAT agent shot Saint-Pierre during a visit to the Zhaoling Motors plant in Jingfeng.