"Georges Richard (1863\u20131922) was a French racing driver and automobile industry pioneer.His first automobile manufacturing business, \"Soci\u00E9t\u00E9 des Anciens \u00C9tablissements Georges Richard\", was founded in the North-Paris suburb of \"Ivry-Port\" in 1897 by Georges Richard and his brother Maxime Richard. Originally copying Benz cars of the era, Richard bought a licence, in 1900, from the Belgian Vivinus to build voiturettes."@en . . .