1955 - Today
Thierry Breton (French pronunciation: [tjɛʁi bʁətɔ̃]; born 15 January 1955) is a French business executive, politician, writer and the current Commissioner for Internal Market of the European Union. Breton was vice-chairman and CEO of Groupe Bull (1996–1997), chairman and CEO of Thomson-RCA (1997–2002) and chairman and CEO of France Télécom (2002–2005). In 2005 he entered politics serving as Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry (2005–2007) in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin, during the presidency of Jacques Chirac. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thierry Breton has received more than 295,785 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Thierry Breton is the 444th most popular businessperson (down from 396th in 2019), the 3,951st most popular biography from France (down from 3,688th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Thierry Breton ranks 444 out of 601. Before him are James Buchanan Duke, Anders Hejlsberg, Philippe Kahn, Tim O'Reilly, Milton S. Hershey, and Mohammed bin Hammam. After him are Petr Kellner, Walter Wild, Eike Batista, Herman Cain, Andrew Planche, and Guy Kawasaki.
1856 - 1925
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 438
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 439
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 440
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 441
1857 - 1945
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 442
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 443
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 444
1964 - 2021
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 445
1872 - 1953
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 446
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 447
1945 - 2020
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 448
1727 - 1809
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 449
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 450
Among people born in 1955, Thierry Breton ranks 234. Before him are Mick Jones, Timothy Laurence, Lucía Méndez, Andrew Divoff, Christopher McDonald, and Hippolyte Girardot. After him are Milan Bandić, Toshimitsu Motegi, Thomas Hampson, Steven Culp, Charles Martinet, and Frankie Knuckles.
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 228
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 229
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 230
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 231
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 232
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 233
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 234
1955 - 2021
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 235
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 236
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 237
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 238
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 239
1955 - 2014
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 240
Among people born in France, Thierry Breton ranks 3,951 out of 6,011. Before him are Odilon Barrot (1791), Michèle Torr (1947), Julie Vlasto (1903), Géo André (1889), Albert Ayat (1875), and Jean-Pierre Darroussin (1953). After him are Ferdinand Sarrien (1840), Nicolas Dalayrac (1753), Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe (1729), Geoffrey I of Provence (1013), Dominique Baratelli (1947), and Jean Richard (1921).
1791 - 1873
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 3,945
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 3,946
1903 - 1985
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 3,947
1889 - 1943
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 3,948
1875 - 1935
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 3,949
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 3,950
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 3,951
1840 - 1915
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 3,952
1753 - 1809
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 3,953
1729 - 1800
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 3,954
1013 - 1063
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 3,955
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 3,956
1921 - 2001
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 3,957
Among businesspeople born in France, Thierry Breton ranks 31. Before him are Gaston Gallimard (1881), Jean-Michel Aulas (1949), Elisabeth Abegg (1882), Maurice Farman (1877), J. R. D. Tata (1904), and Philippe Kahn (1952). After him are Athina Onassis (1985), Éric Boullier (1973), Cyril Abiteboul (1977), Jérôme Kerviel (1977), and Michel Roux (1941).
1881 - 1975
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 25
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 26
1882 - 1974
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 27
1877 - 1964
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 28
1904 - 1993
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 29
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 30
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 31
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 32
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 33
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 34
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 35
1941 - 2020
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 36