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Thierry Breton

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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 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Thierry Breton is the 345th most popular businessperson (up from 444th in 2019), the 3,259th most popular biography from France (up from 3,935th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Thierry Bretons by language

Over the past year Thierry Breton has had the most page views in the with 210,053 views, followed by English (66,358), and German (18,030). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (423.81%), Malagasy (209.27%), and Ukrainian (87.84%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Thierry Breton ranks 345 out of 847. Before him are Lamine Diack, Max Manus, Chris Gardner, Evangelos Zappas, Arthur D. Levinson, and Lei Jun. After him are Akshata Murty, Arnold Rothstein, Lee Shau-kee, Charles Geschke, J. C. Jacobsen, and Paul Sacher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Thierry Breton ranks 170. Before him are Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Thomas Newman, Timothy Garton Ash, Herbert Prohaska, William Forsythe, and Steve Berry. After him are Yasmina Khadra, Kate Mulgrew, Philippe Streiff, Paul Greengrass, Alan Sokal, and Alberto Iglesias.

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In France

Among people born in France, Thierry Breton ranks 3,259 out of 6,770. Before him are Pal Benko (1928), Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet (1831), Jean-Luc Ponty (1942), Eustace I, Count of Boulogne (1010), Charles de Saint-Évremond (1613), and Charles Floquet (1828). After him are Niels Arestrup (1949), Freya Stark (1893), Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855), Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1942), Adrien Proust (1834), and Guillaume Depardieu (1971).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Thierry Breton ranks 24. Before him are Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777), Charles Pathé (1863), Albert Kahn (1860), François Coty (1874), Serge Dassault (1925), and Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798). After him are Christophe de Margerie (1951), Johann Carolus (1575), Gaston Gallimard (1881), Maurice Farman (1877), Elisabeth Abegg (1882), and J. R. D. Tata (1904).

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