Jean Todt
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| President of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile | |
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Assumed office 23 October 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Max Mosley |
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25 February 1946 Pierrefort, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Domestic partner | Michelle Yeoh |
| Children | Nicolas Todt |
| Education | École des Cadres, Paris, France |
| Occupation | FIA President, UN SG's Special Envoy for Road Safety |
Jean Todt (born 25 February 1946) is a French motor sport executive. After a career as a rally co-driver he worked in motor sport management, first with Peugeot Talbot Sport, then with Scuderia Ferrari, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari from 2006 to 2008. Since 23 October 2009 he has been President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
On 29 April 2015, Todt was appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as his Special Envoy for Road Safety.
Under his direction, Peugeot won 4 World Rally Championship titles (drivers and manufacturers), won the Paris-Dakar Rally 4 times, and twice won the Le Mans 24 Hours. During his time at Ferrari, the Scuderia won 14 Formula One World Championship titles (drivers and manufacturers).
Todt was born in Pierrefort, a southern Cantal village in the Auvergne region of France, the son of a Jewish doctor who fled Poland to France at the age of 17. [2] Todt was always enthusiastic about cars and motor racing. While he was graduating from the École des Dirigeants et Créateurs d'Entreprise (EDC) business school in Paris, he would spend his spare time tuning cars with a group of friends at the Madeleine garage in Asnières near Paris.
After High School, Todt studied at the "Ecole des Cadres" School of Economics and Business in Paris. In 1966, he started his career as a rally co-driver and participated to the World Championship rallies with most of the car manufacturers together with international rally drivers until 1981 when, with Guy Fréquelin, they won the Constructors' World Rally Championship with Talbot Lotus. He also represented the drivers in the FISA (Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile) Rally Commission from 1975 to 1981.
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