Claude Bébéar (born 1935) is a French businessman.AXA Profile
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Biography

Early life

Claude Bébéar was born on 29 July 1935 in

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, France. He graduated from the

Lycée Saint-Louis The lycée Saint-Louis is a highly selective post-secondary school located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, in the Latin Quarter. It is the only public French lycée exclusively dedicated to providing '' classes préparatoires aux grandes ...

and the

École Polytechnique École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

. He was trained at the

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in Saumur and did his

military service Military service is service by an individual or group in an army or other militia, air forces, and naval forces, whether as a chosen job ( volunteer) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription). Some nations (e.g., Mexico) require ...

in Algeria. He then received a diploma from the

Institute of Actuaries of France The Institute of Actuaries (french: Institut des Actuaires) is the association of actuaries in France. The Institute was created in 2001 by a merger of the Institute of Actuaries of France and the French Federation of Actuaries. The Institute is a ...

Career

He started his career at Anciennes Mutuelles, up until he became CEO after André Sahut d'Izarn's death in 1975. In 1985, it became known as AXA. He helped out

Jean-Marie Messier Jean-Marie Messier (born 13 December 1956) is a French businessman who was chairman and chief executive of the multinational media conglomerate Vivendi (formerly Vivendi Universal) until 2002. He is also frequently referred to by the nickname " ...

from

Vivendi Vivendi SE is a French mass media holding company headquartered in Paris. Widely known as the owner of Gameloft, Groupe Canal+, Havas, Editis, Prisma Media, Vivendi Village and Dailymotion, the company has activities in television, film, video ...

. He was involved in the ouster of the chairmen of Rhodia. He is a member of the board of directors of

, BNP Paribas and

Schneider Electric Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational company that specializes in digital automation and energy management. It addresses homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries, by combining energy technologies, real-time automatio ...

, and has been a member of

Le Siècle ''Le Siècle'' ("''The Age''") is a daily newspaper that was published from 1836 to 1932 in France. History In 1836, ''Le Siècle'' was founded as a paper that supported constitutional monarchism. However, when the July Monarchy came to an end ...

.Frédéric Saliba, 'Le pouvoir à la table du Siècle', in '' Stratégies'', issue 1365, 14 April 2005, p. 4

/ref> He is also Chairman of the Institut du mécénat de solidarité and the

Institut Montaigne Institut Montaigne is a think tank based in Paris, France, founded in 2000. Institut Montaigne's makes public policy recommendations to advance its agenda, which broadly reflects that of the large French companies that fund it. It contracts expert ...

Private life

He is Roman Catholic, widowed with three children, two of whom were adopted from South Korea. In 2007, he was worth 106 million euros.

Bibliography

*''Le courage de réformer'' (André Babeau,

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, 2002) *''Ils vont tuer le capitalisme'' (May 2003)

References

External links

"An hour with former CEO of AXA Claude Bebear", ''Charlie Rose''
1935 births Living people École Polytechnique alumni French Roman Catholics Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Vivendi BNP Paribas people Schneider Electric people Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite French company founders {{France-business-bio-stub