What profession did Christian Dior’s father have in the family business?

Christian Dior’s father was a fertilizer manufacturer in the family business.

Dior was born into a prosperous industrial family in Granville. His father, Raymond Dior, was associated with the family’s successful fertilizer-manufacturing business, which gave the household financial security during Christian’s childhood.

The family’s business background is an important contrast with Dior’s later career. His parents initially hoped he would pursue a respectable diplomatic or commercial profession, and he studied political science in Paris. Dior instead gravitated toward art, society, and design.

This fact is sometimes blurred because biographies describe the Dior family company as a chemical or industrial business. Fertilizer manufacturing is the specific description generally used for Raymond Dior’s enterprise and its products.