Jean-Paul George (born March 22, 1944) is a French

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and

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of the energy sector. He is known as co-founder and Chairman of

Altergaz Altergaz was the first French independent natural gas company in France, based in Paris and founded by Taoufik Tahar, Robert Delbos and Jean-Paul George in 2003. In 2012, Eni, the Italian Oil & Gas multinational acquired Altergaz. History Alt ...

, the first French independent natural gas company, created in 2003.

Early life

Jean-Paul George graduated from École Polytechnique (1964) and CentraleSupélec (1967-69).

Career

Jean-Paul George entered in EDF-GDF group in the 70's, he was sales manager of Gaz de France and he is known as founder of the first Gaz de France's subsidiary: Cofathec, today renamed ENGIE Cofely (€2,2bn of turnover in 2018). He was CEO of Cofathec group from 1994 to 2000 before being appointed Delegate-General of Gaz de France's e-company.

Altergaz

After retirement, he cofounded in 2003 with

Robert Delbos Robert Delbos (born January 10, 1943) is a French Chairman and CEO within the energy sector. He is known as co-founder and CEO of Altergaz, the first French independent natural gas company in 2003. Early life In 1967 Delbos graduated in Finance ...

(former Treasurer, CFO of EDF-GDF and CEO of Solfea bank) and the investor

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(founder of Transiciel) the first French independent natural gas company :

(turnover in 2012 : €1,6 billion). Delbos was the CEO and George the Chairman of Altergaz between 2003 and 2012. After years of collaboration,

Eni Eni S.p.A. () is an Italian multinational energy company headquartered in Rome. Considered one of the seven "supermajor" oil companies in the world, it has operations in 69 countries with a market capitalization of US$54.08 billion, as of 11 Ap ...

, the Italian multinational Oil & Gas company, acquired

, that was renamed Eni Gas & Power France with 1,5 million of customers in France.

Honours

George has been decorated with the National Order of the Legion of Honour.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:George, Jean-Paul 1943 births Living people HEC Paris alumni French businesspeople École Polytechnique alumni