Jean-Martin Folz (born 11 January 1947) is a French businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of
PSA Peugeot Citroën
Peugeot S.A., trading as Groupe PSA () (formerly PSA Peugeot Citroën from 1991 to 2016) was a French multinational automotive manufacturing company which produced automobiles and motorcycles under the Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel and Vauxhal ...
from 1997 to 2007.
Biography
Jean-Martin Folz is the son of medieval historian
Robert Folz. After graduating from the
Lycée privé Sainte-Geneviève, he entered the
École polytechnique
(, ; also known as Polytechnique or l'X ) is a ''grande école'' located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris.
The school was founded in 1794 by mat ...
in 1966 and went on to become a
Corps des mines engineer.
Reputed to be as bon vivant in private as he was austere or even negligent in public, far removed from the mundane, he scarcely revealed his private life, confessing only to a few passions: wine, scuba diving and Baroque music.
[''Libération'', 9 septembre 2006.]
References
1947 births
Living people
French chief executives
École Polytechnique alumni
Mines Paris - PSL alumni
Corps des mines
Businesspeople from Strasbourg
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