Jean-Louis Beffa

Jean-Louis Beffa
Born	(1941-08-11) 11 August 1941 Nice, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École Polytechnique Mines ParisTech Sciences Po
Occupation	Businessman

Jean-Louis Beffa (born August 11, 1941, in Nice, France) is a French businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of Saint-Gobain, he is now the Chairman of the board of Saint-Gobain, and a former member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank. He is on the Board of BNP Paribas, GDF Suez, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, Siemens AG, Le Monde S.A., Société Editrice du Monde S.A., and Le Monde Partenaires SAS.

In 2000, he and Nobel economist Robert Solow co-founded the Saint-Gobain Centre for Economic Studies, later becoming the Cournot Centre. They went on to create the Cournot Foundation in 2010 under the aegis of the public charity Fondation de France, currently serving as co-presidents.

Education

• École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris
• École polytechnique
• Institut d'études politiques de Paris

External links

• "A conversation with French entrepreneur Jean Louis Beffa"
• Jean-Louis Beffa and Xavier Ragot: The fall of a financial model