Henri de Castries
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Henri de Castries
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| Born |
Henri de La Croix de Castries 15 August 1954 Bayonne, France |
| Residence | Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education |
Saint-Jean-de-Passy Collège Stanislas de Paris |
| Alma mater |
HEC Paris ÉNA |
| Occupation | Chairman and CEO, AXA |
| Spouse(s) | married |
| Children | 3 |
Henri de La Croix de Castries (born 15 August 1954) is a French businessman. He has been chairman and CEO of AXA. In March 2016, it was announced that he would retire from both roles on 1 September.
Henri de La Croix de Castries was born on August 15, 1954 in Bayonne. His father was Comte François de La Croix de Castries (1919/20–2011) who had a military career in Korea, Indochina, and Algeria. His maternal grandfather, Count Pierre de Chevigné, was a colonel in the Free French forces.
Castries attended the Ecole Saint-Jean-de-Passy, followed by high school at the Collège Stanislas de Paris He graduated from HEC Paris in 1976, the same year as Serge Lepeltier and Denis Kessler, from the École nationale d'administration alongside Dominique de Villepin, François Hollande and Ségolène Royal in 1980 (Promotion Voltaire). He also holds a law degree and speaks fluent English and German.
From 1980 to 1984, he audited on behalf of the Minister of Finances of France, and in 1984 he became a member of the French Treasury. In 1986, he participated in the privatisation initiated by Jacques Chirac's government, including Compagnie Générale d'Electricité, now known as Alcatel-Lucent, and TF1, both on the CAC 40.
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