List of École Polytechnique alumni
Business

List of École Polytechnique alumni

Section Title: Business
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Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)

Bernard Arnault	X1969	CEO of LVMH

Claude Bébéar	X1955	Former CEO and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Axa, widely considered the Godfather of French business

Jean-Paul Béchat	X1962	former CEO of Safran

Jean-Louis Beffa	X1960	CEO of Saint-Gobain

Driss Benhima	X1974	Chairman of the Board and CEO of Royal Air Maroc

Georges Besse	CEO of Renault when assassinated by Action directe

Fulgence Bienvenüe	X1870	Founder of the Paris Métro

André Citroën	X1898	Founder of Citroën Corporation

Serge Dassault	X1946	CEO of the Dassault Group

Thierry Desmarest	X1964	CEO of Total

Guy Dollé	X1963	CEO of Arcelor

Patrick Drahi	X1983	Founder and CEO of Altice.

Marc Fleury	X1989	Founder of JBoss Inc.

Jean-Martin Folz	X1966	Former CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën

Jean-René Fourtou	X1960	CEO of Vivendi

Pierre Gadonneix	X1962	CEO of Électricité de France

Carlos Ghosn	X1974	CEO of Nissan and Renault

Paul Hermelin	X1972	CEO of Capgemini

Jean-Paul Herteman	X1970	CEO of Safran

Alexandre de Juniac	X1981	CEO of Air France–KLM

Patrick Kron	X1973	CEO of Alstom

Didier Lombard	X1962	CEO of France Telecom

Jean-Marie Messier	X1976	Former head of Vivendi Universal

Gérard Mestrallet	X1968	CEO of Suez

Frédéric Oudéa	X1980	CEO of Société Générale

Michel Pébereau	X1961	head of BNP Paribas

Pierre Pringuet	X1969	CEO of Pernod Ricard

Denis Ranque	X1970	CEO of Thales Group

Antoine Rostand	X1982	President, Schlumberger Business Consulting

Ambroise Roux	CEO, Compagnie générale d'électricité

Conrad Schlumberger	X1898	One of the Schlumberger brothers who founded the Société de Prospection Électrique, that became later Schlumberger Limited

Serge Tchuruk	X1958	Former CEO of Total, CEO of Alcatel

Tidjane Thiam	X1982	CEO of Credit Suisse

Philippe Varin	X1973	CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën, former CEO of Corus

Sir James Wilford	X1947	Former Senior Partner of Defoe Fournier & Cie.

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Driss Benhima was the École Polytechnique alumni of X1974.

final_sentence: Driss Benhima was the École Polytechnique alumni of X1974.