{"id":575,"date":"2024-04-01T15:50:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T13:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/?p=575"},"modified":"2025-02-13T10:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T09:19:13","slug":"raymond-calozet-socogetra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/raymond-calozet-socogetra\/","title":{"rendered":"Raymond Calozet: From a family business to a \u20ac45m construction and automotive empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Raymond Calozet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Raymond Calozet, a quietly influential entrepreneur, began his career by joining the family construction company Socogetra in Awenne in the 1970s. Under his management, the company grew into an internationally renowned entity, focusing on the<strong> civil engineering and <a href=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/category\/construction\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"50\">construction<\/a> roads, <\/strong>in addition to extracting essential raw materials for construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f7cb6b3667b&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f7cb6b3667b\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" 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business.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Diversification<\/strong>: Expansion of activities into the transport and automotive sectors with the acquisition of Terminal Container d'Athus and various car dealerships.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Transmission<\/strong>: After Raymond's sudden death in 2014, his daughter Laurence continues to run the family business, albeit in a more focused manner. <strong>real estate and concession management <a href=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/category\/automobile\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"64\">automobiles<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f7cb6b369c8&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f7cb6b369c8\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" 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