Claude Bébéar
French businessman (1935–2025)
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Claude Bébéar (29 July 1935 – 4 November 2025) was a French businessman.[1][2][3] He was a onetime CEO of AXA.[1][2][3]
Claude Bébéar | |
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Bébéar in 2015 | |
| Born | 29 July 1935 Issac, France |
| Died | 4 November 2025 (aged 90) France |
| Education | École Polytechnique |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Life and career
Early life
Claude Bébéar was born in Issac, France on 29 July 1935.[1][3] He graduated from the Lycée Saint-Louis and the École Polytechnique.[1][3] Bébéar was trained at the Armoured Cavalry Branch Training School in Saumur and did his military service in Algeria.[1] He then received a diploma from the Institute of Actuaries of France.[1]
Career
Bébéar started his career at Anciennes Mutuelles, up until he became CEO after André Sahut d'Izarn's death in 1975.[1] In 1985, it became known as AXA.[1]
He helped out Jean-Marie Messier from Vivendi. He was involved in the ousting of the chairmen of Rhodia.[4]
Bébéar was a member of the board of directors of Vivendi, BNP Paribas and Schneider Electric,[3] and was a member of Le Siècle.[5] He was also Chairman of the Institut du mécénat de solidarité and the Institut Montaigne.[3]
Personal life and death
Bébéar was a Roman Catholic, widowed with three children, two of whom were adopted from South Korea. In 2007, he was worth €106 million.[6]
Bébéar died in France on 4 November 2025, at the age of 90.[7]
Bibliography
- Le courage de réformer (André Babeau, Odile Jacob, 2002)
- Ils vont tuer le capitalisme (May 2003)
