1993, when the French government hired the computer genius to become deputy managing director of Bull Group, the troubled French computer maker.
Thierry Breton was born in Paris in France.
Thierry Breton was born on January 15th, 1955.
Over the course of his career Thierry Breton became known as a turnaround king.
In 1990 Breton became the chief executive officer of CGI Group, a service-development company.
In 1997 Breton was named chairman and CEO of France's Thomson Multimedia, a government-owned consumer-electronics company that was on the verge of collapse.
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Thierry Breton has written: 'Netwar: La guerre des reseaux' 'La fin des illusions' -- subject(s): High technology, Social aspects, Social aspects of High technology
Softwar (with Denis Beneich), 1986; The Pentecost Project, 1987.
He characteristically made his managers feel challenged rather than comfortable. Another trademark of Breton's management was extreme demands for accountability.
adviser with the French Ministry of Education and Research. From 1986 to 1990 Breton was also busy designing an open-air science and technology theme park in Paris called Futuroscope.
also earned a reputation in the science-fiction world during the 1980s when he wrote a few books.
in 1981, when he became chairman and chief executive officer of Forma Systemes, a systems-analysis and software-engineering concern, for which he served until 1986.