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 1976, he founded Pacome, and in 1980, founded Zhaoling Group. In 1982, he and fellow businessman and industrialist Wu A-fu (吳阿福) founded Zhaoling Motors. All of these were huge successes, and drew the ire of the Tsengian government.