Claude Bébéar | |
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Born |
Issac, France | 29 July 1935
Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
Occupation | Businessman |
Claude Bébéar (born 29 July 1935) is a French businessman. [1] [2] [3] He is the former CEO of AXA. [1] [2] [3]
Claude Bébéar was born on 29 July 1935 in Issac, France. [1] [3] He graduated from the Lycée Saint-Louis and the École Polytechnique. [1] [3] He was trained at the Armoured Cavalry Branch Training School in Saumur and did his military service in Algeria. [1] He then received a diploma from the Institute of Actuaries of France. [1]
He started his career at Anciennes Mutuelles, up until he became CEO after André Sahut d'Izarn's death in 1975. [1] In 1985, it became known as AXA. [1]
He helped out Jean-Marie Messier from Vivendi. He was involved in the ousting of the chairmen of Rhodia. [4]
He is a member of the board of directors of Vivendi, BNP Paribas and Schneider Electric, [3] and has been a member of Le Siècle. [5] He is also Chairman of the Institut du mécénat de solidarité and the Institut Montaigne. [3]
He is a Roman Catholic, widowed with three children, two of whom were adopted from South Korea. In 2007, he was worth 106 million euros. [6]