Paul-Henri Nargeolet is a French marine explorer and engineer who has led several expeditions to the wreck of the Titanic.
He is also known for his involvement in recovering artifacts from the sunken ship and preserving them for future generations.
Paul-Henri has been involved in multiple Titanic exploration missions, including those led by the French-American team of Jean-Louis Michel and Robert Ballard in the 1980s.
According to Wealthy Peeps, he has has conducted more than 35 dives to the site where the Titanic wreck is located.
Paul-Henri is a former Navy Commander, diver, submersible pilot, and member of the French Institute for Research and Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER).
Additionally, he is one of the five members aboard the missing submersible craft along with Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Suleman Dawood.
How old was Paul-Henri Nargeolet?
Paul-Henri was born in 1946, making him 77-years-old in 2023.
Paul-Henri Nargeolet career
He spent more than 20 years in the French Navy, becoming a Commander. He then specialised in deep submersibles and in 1987 led the first recovery expedition of the Titanic.
The Underwater research for RMS Titanic was directed by Nargeolet. He has also appeared in multiple films and documentaries on the ship.
In one of his documentaries, Paul-Henri once told that the cold temperatures would be one of the greatest dangers if explorers became stuck at the wreckage site.
He has completed over 35 dives into the Titanic wreck site, including the one recently, and is known to be an expert in Titanic ship research.
Paul-Henri Nargeolet wife
Paul-Henri was previously married to American journalist Michele Marsh, who died in 2017.
She was an American broadcast journalist who became well-known for working at two New York City television stations from 1979 to 2003.
Michele was born on March 9, 1954, in suburban Detroit. She graduated from Northwestern University, where she studied radio and television production.
She began her career at a television station in Maine, where she operated the teleprompter with her toes while on the air. She later moved to San Antonio and gained popularity.
1979 Michele joined WCBS-TV in New York City as an anchor and correspondent. She was part of a group of women who became anchors at all five of the city’s late-night news programs by 1980.
She spent 17 years at WCBS as an anchor and correspondent. In 1996, she was let go in a station reorganization, but she soon joined WNBC as an anchor alongside Chuck Scarborough.
However, Michele left WNBC in 2003 when she lost her anchor position. Sadly, she passed away on October 17, 2017, at the age of 63, due to complications from breast cancer.
Paul-Henri Nargeolet net worth
Although it’s hard to find an exact figure, Paul-Henri’s net worth is estimated to be roughly $1.5 billion.
He currently works as the research director of RMS Titanic, and he has been instrumental in substantial discovers related to the wreck.
Paul-Henri is a maritime expert who has made more than 35 dives down to the wreckage of the Titanic.
His first dive down to the Titanic was in 1987, about two years after it was first discovered.
