Henri Giscard d'Estaing

Henri Giscard d'Estaing
Henri Giscard d'Estaing
Born	Henri Marie Edmond Valéry Giscard d'Estaing; 17 October 1956 (age 68); Paris, France
Nationality	French
Education	Sciences Po; Panthéon-Assas University
Spouse	Wilhelmine Jeanne Mathilde Elisabeth Sickinghe (m. 1984)
Children	Frédéric Giscard d'Estaing; Sophie Giscard d'Estaing; May Giscard d'Estaing
Parent(s)	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing; Anne-Aymone Sauvage de Brantes

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Henri Marie Edmond Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (born 17 October 1956) is a French businessman and son of former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.^[1]

Biography

Giscard d'Estaing studied at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and has a masters in economics.

He began his career with Cofremca where he served as associate director from 1982 to 1987, helping research changes in patterns of food consumption and its impacts on marketing and strategy.

In 1987 he joined the Danone Group and held various executive positions with subsidiaries such as HP Foods and Evian-Badoit.

Giscard d’Estaing joined the resort company Club Med in 1997 as chief operating officer in charge of finance, development and international relations. He became chief executive officer in 2001 and chairman in 2002.^[2]. Since 2004, he has rebranded the company as upscale but with an ill-inclusive price, closing the least profitable resorts to reinvest capital back into the most profitable.

After the takeover of Club Med by Fosun International, he was named president of Club Med SAS.

He married to jonkvrouw Wilhelmine Jeanne Mathilde Elisabeth Sickinghe (born 1956) on June 30th 1984 in Naarden, Netherlands. The couple has three children: one son, Frédéric and two daughters, Sophie and May.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Henri Giscard d'Estaing

16. Théodore Giscard

8. Valéry Giscard

17. Marie-Anne de Lusigny

4. Edmond Giscard d'Estaing

18. Edmond Monteil

9. Louise Monteil-Ansaldi

19. Charlotte Ansaldi

2. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

20. Agénor Bardoux

10. Jacques Bardoux

21. Clémence Villa

5. Marthe Bardoux

22. Georges Picot

11. Geneviève Georges-Picot

23. Marie Adélaïde Bachasson de Montalivet

1. Henri Giscard d'Estaing

24. Roger Sauvage de Brantes

12. Paul Sauvage de Brantes, Marquis de Brantes

25. Louise Lacuée de Cessac

6. François Sauvage de Brantes, Comte de Brantes

26. Henri Schneider

13. Marguerite Schneider

27. Eudoxie Asselin

3. Anne-Aymone Sauvage de Brantes

28. Charles de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny, Prince de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny

14. Prince Guy de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny

29. Françoise de Sesmaisons

7. Aymone de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny

30. Antonio Terry y Dorticos

15. María Natividad Dorticos y Dalton-Secor

31. Grace Dalton-Secor

References

^ Laure Dumont, La confrérie des Giscard d'Estaing, L'Expansion, 01/02/2003 [1]
^ (http://corporate.clubmed/?p=1424)

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[1] Laure Dumont, La confrérie des Giscard d'Estaing, L'Expansion, 01/02/2003 [1]

[2] (http://corporate.clubmed/?p=1424)

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