Business Chief Europe Magazine February 2020 | Page 94

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104,000 NO . EMPLOYEES

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Patrick Pouyanné

TOTAL

Patrick Pouyanné is the current CEO of the French oil and gas company , Total , and has held the role since 2014 . He graduated from École Polytechnique in Paris with a degree in engineering , and joined Total in 2000 after it acquired the petroleum company , Elf . Total , which was founded in 1924 , has emerged today as one of the six supermajor oil companies in the world .
In September 2015 , Pouyanné was decorated as a Knight of the Legion of Honour . FEBRUARY 2020