Everything about Thierry Breton totally explained
Thierry Breton (born
January 15,
1955 in
Paris) was the
French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry in the governments of
Jean-Pierre Raffarin (Prime Minister) and then of
Dominique de Villepin (Prime Minister),
Jacques Chirac being the President de la Republique.
He was appointed on
February 25,
2005, replacing
Hervé Gaymard, until
May 18 2007, replaced by
Jean-Louis Borloo.
He his currently a Professor at
Harvard Business School where he teaches Leadership and Corporate Accountability (
LCA).
He was born in the
XIVe arrondissement of Paris. He is married to Valerie Baroin (1981) and the father of three : Constance (1984), Alexandre (1985), Severine (1988).
He got his master degree in electrical engineering and computer science from
Supélec and later graduated from the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (
IHEDN).
Manager
He started his career as an entrepreneur in New York where he created a software company (FORMA SYSTEMS).
He served as board member of :
AXA; La Poste; DEXIA BANQUE; RODHIA; SCNEIDER ELECTRIC; THOMSON SA (Chairman& CEO); FRANCE TELECOM (Chairman & CEO); ORANGE (Non executive Chairman); BOUYGUES TELECOM; GROUP BULL (Vice Chairman & CEO ).
Thomson
He was the Chairman and CEO of
Thomson (1997-2002). Turning around the company, he obtained worldwide recognised great results in short term. The value of the company raised from 1FF up to 100 billions FF over his term.
France Telecom
He has been the chairman and chief executive officer of
France Télécom (2002-2005) and and turned around vigoureusely the stuation, while dimishing the huge indebtness of the company from 70 billions down to 32 Billions Euros under his madate.
Author
He is the author of many books about cyberspace, information technology and economy :
Softwar, 1984,Ed. Robert Laffont, Paris; Vatican III, 1985, Ed. Robert Laffont, Paris; Netwar, 1987, Ed. Robert Laffont, Paris, ; La dimension invisible, 1991,Ed. Odile Jacob, Paris, ; La fin des illusions, 1992,Ed. Plon, Paris, ; Le teletravail en France, 1993, La documentation francaise, Paris; Les teleservices en France, 1994, La documentation francaise, Paris; Antidette, 2007, Ed. Plon, Paris.
Academic/faculty
He his currently a Professor at
Harvard Business School where he teaches Leadership and Corporate Accountability (
LCA).
He is an officer of the
Légion d'honneur and an commandor of the
Ordre National du Mérite.
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