Thierry breton parijs, 15 januari 1955 is een frans politicus. Emmanuel macron picks ceo of outsourcing firm atos to be eu. Berkshire hathaway agm is still the warren buffett show. Atos shareholders are expected to receive two worldline shares for every five atos shares they hold, the company said in a statement.
Macron draagt topman van itgigant atos voor als eurocommissaris. Atos is a european multinational information technology it service and consulting company headquartered in bezons, france and offices worldwide. Employees of tech company atos will be banned from sending emails under the companys new zero email policy. Macron proposes atos ceo thierry breton as new french eu. Thierry breton, the longtime ceo of atos, held over 500,000 shares in the firm as of the end of 2018. Ceo thierry breton said that after worldline is deconsolidated from atoss accounts, its threeyear plan is to grow organic revenue by 2 to 3 percent and profitability of between 11 and 11. Back in 1984, breton cowrote ascience fiction novel called softwar based around the national software agency which in no way resembles the u. Thierry breton, chief executive, atos external email is a fantastic tool its a fantastic way to communicate between organisations. The group globally faced a mixed third quarter resulting in stable revenue.
We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Thierry breton cowrote a science fiction novel called softwar based. Thierry breton ceo of atos remarks the need to develop quantum software, applications and hardware simultaneously. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Atos chief executive thierry breton was named bulls board chairman and atos will reopen its tender offer next monday for 12 trading days prior to a squeezeout of minority shareholders and ahead. I am extremely proud of the hard work and dedication the atos teams put in to delivering successfully the technology for the rio 2016 games a fantastic demonstration of olympic excellence, said, thierry breton, atos chairman and ceo. A signed, authentic version is published at the bottom of this page. It is incomprehensible and a risky choice for macron, said a highlevel french official with. Closing of syntel acquisition on october 9 th, 2018 paris, october 23, 2018. The simulator, christened atos quantum learning machine atos qlm, is powered by an ultracompact supercomputer and a universal programming language. Chief executive and chairman thierry bretons package of pay, bonuses and perks from the. About thierry breton thierry breton, chairman and ceo, atos former.
Thierry breton has most recently been chairman and ceo of the international information technology services company, atos. Digiworld future paris 2017 thierry breton, atos sass jordan stranger than paradise official music video daddy and daughter honor princess diana with candle in the wind 1997. In 2012 breton adopted the societas europaea for atos which gave the company two headquarters. Macron picks tech veteran thierry breton for european. One of these buddies, atos ceo thierry breton, was selected as chairman of the jury for the eia boondoggle in 2018. The telegraph reports that thierry breton, ceo of atos, wants to abandon email all together within 18 months. In the private sector, he has been vicechairman and ceo of groupe bull, chairman and ceo of thomsonrca 19972002, chairman and ceo.
Eu industry commissioner thierry breton said it was for facebook to adapt to europes standards, not the other way round, as he criticized the u. Breton, who was frances finance minister under late president jacques chirac, has been chief executive of. It sounds incredible, even crazy in this digital age, but to thierry breton, ceo of the francebased information technology services firm atos origin, it was an essential tool for increasing his. Instead, he wants to promote instant messaging and the good old fashioned spoke word. After spending eight intense years scaling the company globally to over 100,000 employees in 70 countries, he was ready to take the next crucial step. Atos introduces worlds highestperforming quantum simulator. Parisatos sa chief executive thierry breton hasnt sent a work email in three years. Na zijn vertrek als minister was hij ceo van het franse itbedrijf atos 20082019. Ceo thierry breton leading atos into digital shockwaves a view larger image by. As part of this plan, atos also intends to provide more strategic and financial flexibility to worldline by proposing to the next atos agm to distribute 23. Missions of commissioner breton in line with the commissions code of conduct for members of the commission, each commissioner publishes a declaration of interests. For each olympic games, we bring innovations in technology from cloud to cybersecurity as well as.
Atos boss thierry breton defends his internal email ban. Thierry breton, chairman and ceo of it company atos, faced a pivotal juncture. Despite heading one of europes largest information technology services companies, he doesnt intend to. Thierry breton internal market european parliament. Macron picks tech veteran thierry breton for european commission. Thierry breton got world attention after an interview with the wall street journal in 2011 when he reiterated his intention to ban internal email, dubbed as the pollution of the information age, at atos within 18 months known as the zeroemail strategy, replacing internal emails by a set of enterprise social networks, enterprise.
Thierry breton scrapes through first european parliament. Eighteen months from now thierry breton, ceo of atosone of the largest information technology companies in the world, plans to have eliminated email as a communication and. Atos payments spinoff flags parents bugs breakingviews. The centreright former french finance minister was today accepted by. Emmanuel macron picks ceo of outsourcing firm atos to be. French company atos halts employee email use the mary sue. Thierry breton is a french businessman, a former professor at harvard business school, and a former finance minister of. International directory of business biographies dictionary. Thierry breton, born on 15 january 1955, is a former minister of economics of france and since 2008, ceo of atos. Thierry breton born 15 january 1955 in paris is a french businessman, a former professor at harvard business school and a former minister of finance from france. Atos said on thursday that mr breton would step down on october 31.
The presidents office said on thursday morning that thierry breton would be frances new pick, after his first choice was rejected by meps. He has been vice chairman and ceo of group honneywell bull, chairman and ceo of thomsonrca 19972002, chaiman and ceo of france telecom 20022005. Paris atos origin, the french computer services provider, has abruptly replaced its chief executive with a former finance minister, thierry breton, in what local news reports are calling a. In the normal course of events, such a curious coincidence would qualify as a textbook example of illicit influencepeddling and improper diversion of public funds. Thierry breton interesting stories about famous people. Atos quantum leap thierry bretons blog thierry breton. The ceo of atos, a firm criticised for ruining disabled. Thierry breton born 15 january 1955 in paris is a french businessman and politician who has. Emmanuel macron has nominated the longtime ceo of outsourcing company atos to be frances new eu commissioner. Billed as a technology thriller, the novels plot is centered on an american cyberattack on soviet computers. Atos quantum leap the it services company was listed on the. As chairman and chief executive of atos since 2008, he more than doubled the software makers revenues to 12. Atos, an international leader in digital transformation, recently launched the worlds first commercially available machinesystem that is designed to simulate up to 40 quantum bits qubits. French it company declares the email dead business insider.
Thierry breton, frances nominee as eu commissioner, has scraped through a preliminary examination of his financial affairs in the european parliament, in a tight vote that sets the stage for a. Thierry breton born 15 january 1955 in paris is a french businessman, a former professor at harvard business school, and a former finance minister of france. Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today announces its revenue for the third quarter of 2018. Breton has highlevel political experience having been frances minister of the economy, finance and industry from 2005 to 2007 under jacques chirac and a long career in the private sector, lately leading one of the countrys rare digital champions, atos. Atos concludes technology effort behind a truly digital. France has proposed atos technology group chief executive officer thierry breton as its candidate to head industrial policy in the next european commission, president emmanuel macrons office said, two weeks after his first choice was rejected by eu lawmakers. Atos will strengthen its customer centricity through a reinforced vertical gotomarket approach pulling through all of atos capabilities and mobilizing its people skills and key talents. Atos latest news, breaking stories and comment the. Thierry breton, former french government official, telecommunications industry executive. It specialises in hitech transactional services, unified communications, cloud, big data and cybersecurity services. Whether or not atos employees will be forced to actually talk to one another is still unclear.
Atos operates worldwide under the brands atos, atossyntel, atos consulting, atos healthcare, atos worldgrid, bull, canopy, unify. According to abc, the move was spearheaded by ceo thierry breton as a response to a glut of. He previously was a professor at harvard business school and a finance minister of france. In fact, that exact conclusion is one that thierry breton, ceo of the francebased information technology services firm atos origin, arrived at several years ago. Atos healthcare the ugly face of business posted in deception, europe, finance at 3. Browse the independent s complete collection of articles and commentary on atos. Thierry bret on born 15 january 1955 in paris is a french businessman and politician who has been serving as the european commissioner for internal market since 2019. France has proposed atos chief executive thierry breton as its candidate for head of industrial policy at the european commission, president emmanuel macrons office said on thursday after his. He is the author of many books about information technology and economy, and coauthor of a novel about cyberspace. During the third quarter, atos confirmed its revenue organic growth trend in all divisions thanks to its large portfolio of innovative offerings matching. Some companies are banning email and getting more done.