Pierre Gattaz (born 11 September 1959 in Boulogne-Billancourt,

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

) is a French business executive. He serves as the Chairman of

Radiall Radiall is a company that designs, develops, and manufactures connectors and associated components for use in electronic applications. The company offers interconnect components, including radio frequency/coaxial connectors and cable assemblies, a ...

, an electronics manufacturer. In parallel with his activity as a company director, he holds various positions within professional organisations, first of all sectoral and then generalist, including that of President of the Federation of the Electrical, Electronic and Communication Industries (FIEEC) from 2007 to 2013. He was then President of the main French employers' organisation, the

Mouvement des Entreprises de France The Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF), or the Movement of the Enterprises of France, is the largest employer federation in France. Established in 1998, it replaced the Conseil national du patronat Français ( CNPF), or the "National Cou ...

(MEDEF), from 3 July 2013 to 3 July 2018, and then President of the BusinessEurope lobby, a position he still holds.

Early life

Pierre Gattaz was born on 11 September 1959 in Boulogne-Billancourt, near

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, France. His father,

Yvon Gattaz Yvon Gattaz (born 17 June 1925) is a French businessman. He is the co-founder of Radiall, an electronics manufacturer. He was President of the Conseil national du patronat français, the main pro-business organization in France, from 1981 to 198 ...

, co-founded Radiall, an electronics manufacturer, in 1952, and served as the President of the Conseil national du patronat français, a precursor to the MEDEF, from 1981 to 1986. Pierre Gattaz has indeed family ties in

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on the side of his wife Marie-Aude Gattaz, in the sector of

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. Gattaz graduated from the

École nationale supérieure des télécommunications de Bretagne École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scal ...

, where he received a bachelor of science degree in engineering. He received a certificate in administrative management from

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Career

Gattaz worked as a business attache at the Embassy of France, Washington, D.C. He returned to France to work for Dassault Electronique, a subsidiary of the

Dassault Group Dassault Group (; also GIM Dassault or Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault SAS) is a French corporate group, group of companies established in 1929 with the creation of Société des Avions Marcel Bloch (now Dassault Aviation) by Marcel Dassault, a ...

, from 1984 to 1989. He served as General Manager of Fontaine Electronique Convergie, a subsidiary of Dynaction, from 1989 to 1992. Gattaz joined the family business,

, as General Manager in 1992. He has served as its Chairman since 1994. Under his leadership, the corporation has expanded from the defense sector into telecommunications and aeronautics. He also increased its marketshare in the United States, India, Japan and China. He relocated a plant to Mexico in order to raise more capital for research and development. Gattaz served as the President of the Groupement professionnel des industries de composants systèmes électroniques (GIXEL) in 1999. He was President of the Fédération des Industries Electriques, Electroniques et de Communication in 2007. Since 2013, Gattaz has served as the President of the

, the main pro-business organization in France. He is a proponent of deregulation. Gattaz serves on the Conseil national de l’industrie. He is a member of La Fabrique de l'Industrie, a pro-business think tank. Gattaz is a Knight of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

and an Officer of the National Order of Merit.

Personal life

Gattaz is married to Marie-Aude Gattaz, a city councillor for The Republicans in

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. They have four children.

Bibliography

*Gattaz, Pierre. ''Le Printemps des magiciens : La Révolution industrielle, c’est maintenant !'' (Paris, France: Nouveau Monde Editions 2009; 191 pages). *Gattaz, Pierre. ''La France de tous les possibles''. 2016.

References

External links

Official blog
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