Thierry Breton

Thierry Breton

Infobox Politician
name = Thierry Breton


imagesize = 200px
birth_date = birth date and age|1955|01|28
birth_place = flagicon|France Paris, France
office = Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment
term_start = 25 February 2005
term_end = 18 May 2007
primeminister = Dominique de Villepin
predecessor = Hervé Gaymard
successor = Jean-Louis Borloo
party = RR (1981–2002)
UMP (2002–present)
occupation = Businessman
religion = Roman Catholic
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.

Early life

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 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:

Minister of Finance

He was appointed on February 25, 2005, replacing Hervé Gaymard, until May 18 2007, replaced by Jean-Louis Borloo.

Post-politics

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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