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Chairman and CEO of French oil and gas company , Total , Patrick Pouyanné attended the prestigious École Polytechnique in Paris and graduated with a degree in engineering . He joined Total in 2000 after it absorbed petroleum company Elf and acceded to his current position in 2014 , after the death of predecessor Christophe de Margerie . 25th on Forbes ’ ranking , the company ’ s market capitalisation is approximately $ 149.5bn . It is headquartered in Courbevoie , near Paris , in the skyscraper known as the Tour Total .

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