Cyril Bourlon de Rouvre | |
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Born |
Bourlon de Rouvre 19 December 1945 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
Residence | French |
Nationality | French |
Citizenship | French |
Education | Aerospace engineer |
Alma mater |
Lycée Janson-de-Sailly Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées |
Occupation | Businessman and politician |
Known for | Team principal Ligier |
Cyril Hubert Marie Bourlon de Rouvre is a French businessman and politician, born 19 December 1945 at Boulogne-Billancourt.
Son of Évrard Bourlon de Rouvre, an industrialist, and his wife Claude Genty, Cyril Bourlon de Rouvre is the heir of sugar refineries and the landed property of his great-grandfather, Charles Bourlon de Rouvre (1850-1924), himself stepson of one of the richest men at the end of the 19th century, Gustave Lebaudy.
After studies at the collège Maspero in Paris, then at the collège Saint-Martin de France in Pontoise, the Oratory School in Reading, the Collège Saint-Jean in Fribourg and at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly, Cyril Bourlon de Rouvre studied electrical engineering at Jussieu before graduating as an aerospace engineer at the Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées.
He first worked at Électricité de France before serving his conscription and started his career as a sales engineer at the Elliot Automation company (1966-1968) before being Director of export of the Sucre Union company (1971-1973). He was business manager of the sales support department of the Lara audiovisual company (1973), then commercial agent in the audiovisual (1974-1975) and associate director at the Auto Racing company (1977).
In 1979, upon the death of his father (who was murdered by his valet), he inherited large real estate holdings, a sugar refinery and 28 companies. He became CEO of Financière Robur et de Cofragec (1982-1992),Coficine (1984-1992) and many other companies.