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Claude Bébéar | |
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 Bébéar in 2015 | |
| Born | 29 July 1935 Issac, France |
| Died | 4 November 2025 (aged 90) France |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Claude Bébéar (29 July 1935 – 4 November 2025) was a French businessman.[1][2][3] He was a onetime CEO of AXA.[1][2][3]
Life and career
[edit]Early life
[edit]Claude Bébéar was born in Issac, France on 29 July 1935.[1][3] He graduated from the Lycée Saint-Louis and the École Polytechnique.[1][3] Bébéar was trained at the Armoured Cavalry Branch Training School in Saumur and did his military service in Algeria.[1] He then received a diploma from the Institute of Actuaries of France.[1]
Career
[edit]Bébéar started his career at Anciennes Mutuelles, up until he became CEO after André Sahut d'Izarn's death in 1975.[1] In 1985, it became known as AXA.[1]
He helped out Jean-Marie Messier from Vivendi. He was involved in the ousting of the chairmen of Rhodia.[4]
Bébéar was a member of the board of directors of Vivendi, BNP Paribas and Schneider Electric,[3] and was a member of Le Siècle.[5] He was also Chairman of the Institut du mécénat de solidarité and the Institut Montaigne.[3]
Personal life and death
[edit]Bébéar was a Roman Catholic, widowed with three children, two of whom were adopted from South Korea. In 2007, he was worth €106 million.[6]
Bébéar died in France on 4 November 2025, at the age of 90.[7]
Bibliography
[edit]- Le courage de réformer (André Babeau, Odile Jacob, 2002)
- Ils vont tuer le capitalisme (May 2003)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AXA Profile
- 1 2 BusinessWeek
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Vivendi biography
- ↑ JOHN TAGLIABUE (18 November 2003). "If Claude Bébéar Speaks, French Companies Listen". The New York Times.
- ↑ Frédéric Saliba, 'Le pouvoir à la table du Siècle', in Stratégies, issue 1365, 14 April 2005, p. 49 Archived 10 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Claude Bébéar dévoile sa fortune". Le Figaro. 6 May 2009.
- ↑ Gallois, Dominique (4 November 2025). "Claude Bébéar, figure du capitalisme français et fondateur de l'assureur Axa, est mort". Le Monde. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
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