Christophe de Margerie is the CEO of Total, born August 6, 1951. CHRISTOPHE
DE MARGERIE is not exactly a conformist. His family is in the champagne business,
but he deals in a much less exalted liquid: oil. Despite his heritage, his
favourite tipple is single-malt whisky from Islay, which, a colleague confides,
he often requests specially at posh corporate events where champagne is de rigueur.
His starburst moustache would look right at home on the face of a British
cavalry officer, but is an unusual choice for the chief executive of Total, the
most valuable company in France (and, indeed, in the whole of the euro zone).
And unlike many French bosses, who shuffle from ministry to moneymaking, he has
spent his working life in business. |
