 roland duchÃ¢telet (; born 14 november 1946) is a belgian billionaire businessman who turned his progressive liberal ideology into a political movement that he called vivant. he also owns several football clubs: standard de liÃ¨ge, charlton athletic f.c., fc carl zeiss jena and ad alcorcon.official statement ad alcorcon jan. 1, 2014 ==early life== he studied civil engineering and economics, and obtained an mba at the katholieke universiteit leuven. during his student years he participated in the may 1968 student revolts. ==career== in 1990 he became involved in micro-electronics. he founded several multinational corporations, of which melexis,melexis which produces semi-conductors is the best known. other corporations include x-fab,x-fab.com which also produces semi-conductors, epiq,epiq.com which produces electronic systems, the online-television channel tvlokaal.com, melexis and the holding elex. he became a multimillionaire. in 1993 he wrote a book "nv belgiÃ«, verslag aan de aandeelhouders" (joint stock company belgium, a report to the share holders), published early 1994. in his book, he pleaded for economic and political transparency. he emphasized the necessity of sustainable development in a globalized world economy. he also proposed to lower belgium's public expenditure by 30%. a new political party banaan or "beter alternatieven nastreven als apathisch nietsdoen" (better seeking for alternatives than doing nothing in apathy") used this book as its political program. this party was committed to a basic income and a green tax shift. after the 1995 elections in which banaan obtained 1% of the votes, duchÃ¢telet founded the party/political movement vivant which entered in federal, regional and communal elections. in 1999, vivant obtained 2,1% of the national votes. duchÃ¢telet is party chair and has been candidate in several elections. in the movie "la vie politique des belges" (2002) by jan bucquoy, duchÃ¢telet is depicted in vi
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