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Thierry Breton

1955 - Today

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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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  • 300k

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  • 47.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Thierry Breton ranks 444 out of 601Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Thierry Breton ranks 234Before 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.

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In France

Among people born in France, Thierry Breton ranks 3,951 out of 6,011Before 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).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Thierry Breton ranks 31Before 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).

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