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Chairman and chief executive officer, Groupe Saint-Gobain

Nationality: French.

Born: August 11, 1941, in Nice, France.

Education: École Polytechnique, 1960.

Family: Son of an engineer and a teacher; married; children: three.

Career: Corps des Mines, 1967–1974, various positions including ingénieur des mines and ingénieur en chef des mines; Saint-Gobain, 1975–1977, chief operating officer; Pont-à-Mousson, 1977–1979, deputy manager and managing director; 1979–1982,...