André Essel

André Essel (4 September 1918 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne – 31 March 2005 in Paris) was the co-founder of Fnac, originally Fédération nationale d’achats des cadres, or National Purchasing Federation for Middle Managers, alongside Max Théret. He was also an anti-facist activist and a believer of Trotskyism.