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'''Guy Dejouany''' (15 December 1920 &ndash; 14 November 2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://www.lepoint.fr/people/deces-de-guy-dejouany-le-sphinx-du-capitalisme-francais-15-11-2011-1396573_2116.php&prev=search|title=Death of Guy Dejouany, the "sphinx" of French capitalism|publisher=Le Point|accessdate=26 July 2019}}</ref> was the [[CEO]] of [[Compagnie Générale des Eaux]], (currently known as [[Vivendi]], a [[French company]] part of the [[CAC 40]]) from 1976 to 1995.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/15/business/inquiry-names-executive.html|title=Inquiry Names Executive|date=15 June 1995|journal=The New York Times|accessdate=31 August 2010}}</ref>
'''Guy Dejouany''' (15 December 1920 &ndash; 14 November 2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://www.lepoint.fr/people/deces-de-guy-dejouany-le-sphinx-du-capitalisme-francais-15-11-2011-1396573_2116.php&prev=search|title=Death of Guy Dejouany, the "sphinx" of French capitalism|date=15 November 2011 |publisher=Le Point|accessdate=26 July 2019}}</ref> was the [[CEO]] of [[Compagnie Générale des Eaux]], a [[French company]] (currently known as [[Vivendi]]) and part of France's [[CAC 40]], from 1976 to 1995.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/15/business/inquiry-names-executive.html|title=Inquiry Names Executive|date=15 June 1995|journal=The New York Times|accessdate=31 August 2010}}</ref>


A graduate of the [[École Polytechnique]] and the [[École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2011/11/15/mort-de-guy-dejouany-ancien-pdg-de-la-compagnie-generale-des-eaux_1604107_3234.html |title=Mort de Guy Dejouany, ancien PDG de la Compagnie Générale des Eaux |publisher=LeMonde.fr |date=2011-11-13 |accessdate=2011-11-17}}</ref> he succeeded George Huvelin at Compagnie Générale des Eaux, and was also chief executive officer of Vinci PLC from 1990 to 1996. He was the honorary chairman of Vivendi Universal. He played an important role in Vinci PLC's supervisory board as chairman from 1988 to 1990. He was the director of Vivendi Universal Publishing, and served as a member of the supervisory boards of Dalkia and Compagnie des Eaux et de l'Ozone. He was a permanent representative of Vivendi Universal on the board of directors of UGC, as well as the part-owner and director of Alcatel-Lucent. He was also a member of the councils D E monitoring of Dalkia and of the Ozone and Water-company.
Guy Dejouany worked as Chief Executive Officer of Vinci PLC from 1990 to 1996. He was the Honorary Chairman of Vivendi Universal.
He played an important role in Vinci PLC's Supervisory Board as Chairman from 1988 to 1990. He is the Director of Vivendi Universal Publishing. He serves as a member of the Supervisory Boards of Dalkia and Compagnie des Eaux et de l'Ozone. He is a permanent representative of Vivendi Universal on the Board of Directors of UGC. He is part-owner and the Director of Alcatel-Lucent. He is also a member of the councils D E monitoring of Dalkia and of the Ozone and Water-company. He is a graduate of [[École Polytechnique]] and [[École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2011/11/15/mort-de-guy-dejouany-ancien-pdg-de-la-compagnie-generale-des-eaux_1604107_3234.html |title=Mort de Guy Dejouany, ancien PDG de la Compagnie Générale des Eaux |publisher=LeMonde.fr |date=2011-11-13 |accessdate=2011-11-17}}</ref>

Guy Dejouany was a French businessman, former President of the French group Générale des Eaux from 1976 to 1996, and one of the most emblematic leaders in the period 1970-2000 France.

He had been nicknamed the Sphinx, or The Duke of Anjou (the headquarters of CGE being on the street of Anjou in Paris).


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Dejouany was born in Paris on 15 December 1920. Only child of André and Jean (née Imbart) Dejouany. His father was a French civil servant, working for the French Administration, including the French colonial administration, his mother was a homemaker. Algeria, Madagascar, Senegal were major career assignments of his father.
Dejouany was born in Paris on 15 December 1920, the only child of Jean (née Imbart) and André Dejouany, a French civil servant who had major assignments in French colonial administration in [[Algeria]], [[Madagascar]], and [[Senegal]].

He followed his schooling in Paris at Fénelon and Condorcet. A graduate of the [[École Polytechnique]] and the [[École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées]].

After having been the [[chief executive officer]] during the previous twenty years, he took George Huvelin's succession at the head of the Compagnie Générale des Eaux in 1976; there he would be the managing director until 1996.

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During his presidency of C.G.E, Dejouany transformed the company from a national firm focused on the water business, to an international [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]].

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Guy Dejouany prevented the nationalization of the Générale des Eaux in 1983. At that time, [[Jacques Delors]] was Minister of industry, and decided to buy it back via [[Saint-Gobain]] - company actions to achieve the blocking minority and thus influence the future of the group. [[François Mitterrand]], the French President at that time, intervened in favour of the C.G.E. To follow two groups' cross-participation, thus participating in the creation of the famous hard cores in French Defence organized to withstand hostile Takeovers abroad.

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In 1984, the company invested in the audio-visual sector with [[Havas]] by creating [[Canal+|Canal +]]. Later in the company created SFR, the first French private telephone operator.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vivendi-Veolia Environnement : de la gestion de l'eau à la communication|url=https://investir.lesechos.fr/actions/actualites/vivendi-veolia-environnement-de-la-gestion-de-l-eau-a-la-communication-1905066.php|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Investir|language=fr}}</ref>


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=== Presidency of C.G.E. ===
Civil engineering and construction industry develops through particular companies Campenon Bernard SGE (Société Générale d'Entreprises).
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During his presidency of C.G.E, Dejouany transformed the company from a national firm focused on the water business to an international [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]].


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In 1983 he prevented the nationalization of the Générale des Eaux when [[Jacques Delors]], Minister of industry, had sought to buy it back via [[Saint-Gobain]]. Dejouany effort to achieve a blocking minority, were, with the aid of French President [[François Mitterrand]]'s intervention in favor of the C.G.E., successful.
At the same time, new trades are explored: collection and treatment of waste, passenger transport. Complementary trades are also reinforced: heating, electricity, and heat production. New services were introduced (babysitting, green spaces, disinfection, parking lots). Other trades are born as the company General health has become quickly first l France private hospital.


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In 1984, the company invested in the audio-visual sector with [[Havas]] by creating [[Groupe Canal+|Canal +]]. Later in the company created SFR, the first French private telephone operator.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vivendi-Veolia Environnement : de la gestion de l'eau à la communication|url=https://investir.lesechos.fr/actions/actualites/vivendi-veolia-environnement-de-la-gestion-de-l-eau-a-la-communication-1905066.php|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Investir|language=fr}}</ref> C.G.E. moved into civil engineering and construction through Campenon Bernard SGE (Société Générale d'Entreprises), as well as collection and treatment of waste and passenger transport. Positions in complementary trades, including heating, electricity, and heat production, were reinforced. New services were introduced (babysitting, green spaces, disinfection, parking lots). C.G.E.'s General Health quickly became France's number one private hospital.
In the middle of the 1990s and under the reign of Dejouany, the company became one of the largest holdings in the world with over 2300 integrated companies consolidations. Expansion in volume and ambition is then equivalent to the United States, with [[General Electric]].


By the mid-1990s C.G.E. became one of the largest holdings in the world, with over 2300 integrated companies.
Guy Dejouany left his footprint on the history of the group in the form of his work ethics based on discretion and the spirit of conquest.


[[Jean-Marie Messier]] was Guy Dejouany's successor,<ref>{{Cite web|date=1994-10-31|title=Générale des Eaux: Dejouany choisit Jean-Marie Messier pour successeur|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/1994/10/generale-des-eaux-dejouany-choisit-jean-marie-messier-pour-successeur-892568|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Les Echos|language=fr}}</ref> and through his modernization, the conglomerate includes some of the several world leaders in their respective fields: [[Vinci SA|VINCI]], [[Veolia|Veolia Environnement]], [[Vivendi]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2002-07-01|title=De la Compagnie générale des eaux à Vivendi Universal|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2002/07/01/de-la-compagnie-generale-des-eaux-a-vivendi-universal_283092_3234.html|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref>
[[Jean-Marie Messier]] succeeded Dejouany,<ref>{{Cite web|date=1994-10-31|title=Générale des Eaux: Dejouany choisit Jean-Marie Messier pour successeur|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/1994/10/generale-des-eaux-dejouany-choisit-jean-marie-messier-pour-successeur-892568|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Les Echos|language=fr}}</ref> and through his modernization the conglomerate came by 2002 to include several world leaders in their respective fields: [[Vinci SA|VINCI]], [[Veolia|Veolia Environnement]], [[Vivendi]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2002-07-01|title=De la Compagnie générale des eaux à Vivendi Universal|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2002/07/01/de-la-compagnie-generale-des-eaux-a-vivendi-universal_283092_3234.html|access-date=2021-02-25}}</ref>


=== Family ===
=== Personal life===
Dejouany married Véronique Honoré, who died in 1985 They had three children, Capucine, Melchior, and Gonzague.
Guy Dejouany has three children, Capucine, Melchior, and Gonzague, born of his union with Véronique Honoré, who died in 1985.


== Decorations ==
== Decorations ==

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Guy Dejouany
Born15 December 1920
Paris, France
DiedNovember 14, 2011(2011-11-14) (aged 90)
OccupationBusiness executive
SpouseVéronique Honoré
Children3
Parent(s)André Dejouany
Jean Imbart

Guy Dejouany (15 December 1920 – 14 November 2011)[1] was the CEO of Compagnie Générale des Eaux, a French company (currently known as Vivendi) and part of France's CAC 40, from 1976 to 1995.[2]

A graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées,[3] he succeeded George Huvelin at Compagnie Générale des Eaux, and was also chief executive officer of Vinci PLC from 1990 to 1996. He was the honorary chairman of Vivendi Universal. He played an important role in Vinci PLC's supervisory board as chairman from 1988 to 1990. He was the director of Vivendi Universal Publishing, and served as a member of the supervisory boards of Dalkia and Compagnie des Eaux et de l'Ozone. He was a permanent representative of Vivendi Universal on the board of directors of UGC, as well as the part-owner and director of Alcatel-Lucent. He was also a member of the councils D E monitoring of Dalkia and of the Ozone and Water-company.

Biography

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Dejouany was born in Paris on 15 December 1920, the only child of Jean (née Imbart) and André Dejouany, a French civil servant who had major assignments in French colonial administration in Algeria, Madagascar, and Senegal.

Presidency of C.G.E.

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During his presidency of C.G.E, Dejouany transformed the company from a national firm focused on the water business to an international conglomerate.

In 1983 he prevented the nationalization of the Générale des Eaux when Jacques Delors, Minister of industry, had sought to buy it back via Saint-Gobain. Dejouany effort to achieve a blocking minority, were, with the aid of French President François Mitterrand's intervention in favor of the C.G.E., successful.

In 1984, the company invested in the audio-visual sector with Havas by creating Canal +. Later in the company created SFR, the first French private telephone operator.[4] C.G.E. moved into civil engineering and construction through Campenon Bernard SGE (Société Générale d'Entreprises), as well as collection and treatment of waste and passenger transport. Positions in complementary trades, including heating, electricity, and heat production, were reinforced. New services were introduced (babysitting, green spaces, disinfection, parking lots). C.G.E.'s General Health quickly became France's number one private hospital.

By the mid-1990s C.G.E. became one of the largest holdings in the world, with over 2300 integrated companies.

Jean-Marie Messier succeeded Dejouany,[5] and through his modernization the conglomerate came by 2002 to include several world leaders in their respective fields: VINCI, Veolia Environnement, Vivendi.[6]

Personal life

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Dejouany married Véronique Honoré, who died in 1985 They had three children, Capucine, Melchior, and Gonzague.

Decorations

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References

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  1. ^ "Death of Guy Dejouany, the "sphinx" of French capitalism". Le Point. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Inquiry Names Executive". The New York Times. 15 June 1995. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Mort de Guy Dejouany, ancien PDG de la Compagnie Générale des Eaux". LeMonde.fr. 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  4. ^ "Vivendi-Veolia Environnement : de la gestion de l'eau à la communication". Investir (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  5. ^ "Générale des Eaux: Dejouany choisit Jean-Marie Messier pour successeur". Les Echos (in French). 1994-10-31. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  6. ^ "De la Compagnie générale des eaux à Vivendi Universal". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2002-07-01. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
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