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Jean "Johnny" Pigozzi was born in Paris, France. He is a French businessman, philanthropist, photographer and heir to the Simca automobile brand. He earned a B.A. degree in 1974 from Harvard University before working for the Gaumont Film Company and 20th Century Fox. In 2007, he created a clothing and accessories line featuring bright colors and prints called LimoLand, with the intention of designing clothing for those who “Live to Create”. He has assembled the world’s largest collection of contemporary African art named the Contemporary African Art Collection. He had an exhibition of his journal photographs in 1974 at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris. His photo book, Catalogue Déraisonné, was published in 2010. In 1996, he started buying land in and around Bahia Honda in Panama for conservation, and also created The Liquid Jungle Lab.