80 Notable alumni of
EMLYON Business School
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EMLYON Business School is 718th in the world, 260th in Europe, and 21st in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 80 notable alumni from EMLYON Business School sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Marlène Schiappa
- Occupations
- writeropinion journalistwomen's rights activistpolitician
- Biography
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Marlène Schiappa is a French writer and politician who served as State Secretary for the Social and Solidarity Economy and Associative Life, attached to the Prime Minister, in the Borne government (2022–2023), as Minister Delegate in charge of Citizenship, attached to the Minister of the Interior, in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022) and as Secretary of State for Gender Equality in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe (2017–2020).
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Marion Maréchal
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Marion Jeanne Caroline Maréchal, known as Marion Maréchal-Le Pen from 2010 to 2018, is a French politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2024. She is part of the Le Pen family, as the granddaughter of National Front (renamed National Rally in 2018) founder Jean-Marie Le Pen and niece of its later leader Marine Le Pen.
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Evan Fournier
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Evan Mehdi Fournier is a French professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. After a twelve year stint in the NBA he returned to Europe, where he was named to the All-EuroLeague Second Team in his debut season. He led Olympiacos to the 2025 EuroLeague Final Four. Fournier has been a regular member of the French national team, winning multiple medals in the EuroBasket, FIBA World Cup, and Olympic levels.
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Stéphane Bern
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- radio personalitycolumnisttelevision personalitytelevision presenterjournalist
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Stéphane Bern is a French-Luxembourgish journalist, radio host and television presenter. He is known as a specialist in nobility and royalty. He has been awarded honours by several nations, including the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France), the Order of Grimaldi (Monaco), and the Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom).
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Sébastien Chabal
- Occupations
- radio personalityrugby union player
- Biography
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Sébastien Chabal is a French former rugby union player. He played number eight and lock for Bourgoin (1998–2004), Sale Sharks (2004–2009), Racing Métro 92 Paris (2009 – February 2012), and for the French national team.
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Nathalie Péchalat
- Occupations
- ice dancer
- Biography
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Nathalie Péchalat is a French retired ice dancer and skating official, who served as the president of the Fédération française des sports de glace from 2020 to 2022.
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Amandine Henry
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Amandine Chantal Henry is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club Toluca.
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Ronny Turiaf
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2023-2024
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Ronny Turiaf is a French former professional basketball player who played 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Turiaf grew up in France and played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the United States, where he led the West Coast Conference (WCC) in scoring in his senior year. After graduating from Gonzaga, he entered the 2005 NBA draft and was picked by the Los Angeles Lakers. He later played for the Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, Washington Wizards, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Clippers and Minnesota Timberwolves. Turiaf won an NBA championship with Miami in 2012. He was also a member of the French national team. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020.
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Frédéric Michalak
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2019-2022
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Frédéric Michalak is a French former rugby union player. His early career was spent playing for his hometown team, Toulouse, in the Top 14 and in the Heineken Cup. He moved to South Africa to play for the Sharks in the Super 14 after the 2007 Rugby World Cup, but after just one year with the Sharks he moved back to Toulouse. He played 77 tests for France, and was the country's leading Test point scorer between 2015 and 2025. Michalak originally played scrum-half but has also played mainly at fly-half. He has appeared in advertisements for companies such as Nike and Levi's.
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Thierry Dusautoir
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2020-2022
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Thierry Dusautoir is a French former rugby union player who last played for France at international level and Toulouse in the French Top 14 club competition. He was called the "Dark Destroyer" during his career. Dusautoir was considered a strong ball carrier and possessed incredibly powerful and effective tackling. He was considered the best tackler in the world during his career.
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Gwendal Peizerat
- Occupations
- business executiveice dancerpolitician
- Biography
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Gwendal Peizerat is a French former competitive ice dancer. With Marina Anissina, he is the 2002 Olympic champion, the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2000 World champion, and a six-time French national champion.
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Axel Toupane
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Axel Joseph Jean-Jacques Toupane is a French professional basketball player for FC Porto of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB). Toupane also represents the senior French national team in international events. At 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) tall and 101 kg (223 lb), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
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Valérie Guignabodet
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- screenwriterdirectorfilm director
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Valérie Guignabodet was a French film director and screenwriter. She studied at Emlyon Business School, and directed four films between 2002 and 2009, including Danse avec lui in 2007, and the television series Sam in 2016.
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Rémy Riou
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- 2021-2024 studied management
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Rémy Riou is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Paris FC. He was a France youth international, having earned four caps with the country's under-21 team.
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Shirine Boukli
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- 2022-2025 graduated with Bachelor in Business Administration in management
- Occupations
- judoka
- Biography
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Shirine Boukli is a French judoka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 48 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. In 2023, she won the silver medal in the women's 48 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar. And the gold medal in the women's 48 kg event at the European Judo Championships in 2020, 2022 and 2023.
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Griedge Mbock Bathy
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Griedge Yinda Colette Mbock Bathy Nka is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team.
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Iliana Rupert
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2019-2023
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Iliana Rupert is a French professional basketball player for the Golden State Valkyries of the Women’s National Basketball Association and Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League.
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Floria Gueï
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Floria Gueï is a French sprint athlete of Ivorian origin specialising in the 400 metres. A 2016 European Championships silver medallist and a 2017 European Indoor Championships gold medallist, she also won as a member of women's 4 × 400 m relays a bronze at the 2013 World Championships and medals at several other international competitions.
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Jules Plisson
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Jules Plisson is a French rugby union player. His position is Fly-half and he currently plays for Provence in the Pro D2.
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Yannick Borel
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Yannick Borel is a French right-handed épée fencer.
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Jean-Pascal Tricoire
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- 1985-1986 studied management
- Occupations
- chief executive officerbusinesspersonentrepreneurchairperson
- Biography
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Jean-Pascal Tricoire is a French business executive. Tricoire is the chairman of Schneider Electric, having served as the company's CEO from 2006 to 2023. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Tricoire held the role of Chief Operating Officer from 2003 to 2006, following his tenure as Executive Vice President of the International Division from 2002 to 2003.
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Johanne Defay
- Occupations
- surfer
- Biography
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Johanne Defay is a French professional surfer. She was born in Le Puy-en-Velay in the Auvergne region of France. She qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games where she won bronze.
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Brice Fournier
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- restaurateurtelevision actorfilm actoractortelevision personality
- Biography
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Brice Fournier is a French actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 2004.
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Béatrice Edwige
- Occupations
- handball player
- Biography
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Béatrice Edwige is a French handball player, who previously played for Ikast Håndbold and the French national team.
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Christoph Franz
- Occupations
- entrepreneurbusinessperson
- Biography
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Christoph Franz is a German engineer and manager who served as chief executive officer of Lufthansa from 2011 until 2014.
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Antonin Rouzier
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2021-2024
- Occupations
- beach volleyball playervolleyball player
- Biography
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Antonin Rouzier is a French former professional volleyball player, a former member of the France national team. A participant in the Olympic Games Rio 2016, 2015 European Champion and the 2015 World League winner.
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Billy Yakuba Ouattara
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- In 2024 graduated with French masters degree in management
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Billy Yakuba Ouattara is a Ghanaian-French professional basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Élite and the EuroLeague.
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Mathilde Gros
- Occupations
- sport cyclisttrack cyclist
- Biography
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Mathilde Gros is a French racing cyclist. She rode in the women's sprint event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
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Vincent Jay
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2013-2014
- Occupations
- sports commentatormilitary personnelbiathlete
- Biography
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Vincent Jay is a former French biathlete and non-commissioned officer. During his career, he won two Olympic medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver - a gold in the sprint and a bronze medal in the pursuit. He was the first Frenchman to win an Olympic sprint Biathlon title. In the World Cup, he has fourteen podiums with two individual victories in Vancouver and two victories as part of relay teams.
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Jacques Teyssier
- Occupations
- LGBTQ rights activistactivistpolitical activist
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Jacques Teyssier was a French and German citizen, and a German LGBT rights activist.
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Alexandre Geniez
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Alexandre Geniez is a French former professional cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2022.
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Boris Dallo
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Boris Omer Dallo is a French professional basketball player for Real Betis Baloncesto of the LEB Oro.
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Marie Wattel
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2022
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Marie Wattel is a French swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified to represent France at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, she won the silver medal in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 56.14 seconds.
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Charles Lombahe Kahudi
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Charles Lumbahe Kahudi is a Congolese-French former professional basketball player.
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Jérôme Cousin
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- sport cyclisttrack cyclist
- Biography
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Jérôme Cousin is a French professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies.
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Dylan Cretin
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Dylan Cretin is a French rugby union player. His usual position is as a flanker, and he currently plays for Lyon OU in the Top 14. In January 2020, Cretin was called into the French squad for the 2020 Six Nations Championship.
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Ali Traoré
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Ali Traoré is an Ivorian-born French former professional basketball player. He also represented the France national basketball team internationally. Standing at 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in), he played at the center position.
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Éric Bellion
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 1997-2001
- Occupations
- writerskipperfilm directorlecturer
- Biography
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Éric Bellion is a French offshore sailor.
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Florence Masnada
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Florence Masnada is a retired French alpine skier, who won two bronze Olympic medals.
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Marie-Ève Gahié
- Occupations
- judoka
- Biography
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Marie-Eve Gahié is a French judoka. She is the 2017 European bronze medalist and the 2019 World champion in the 70 kg division.
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Pape Sy
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Pape Ousseynou Sy is a French former professional basketball player. A versatile guard/forward, Sy was drafted by the Hawks as the 53rd overall pick in the second round of the 2010 NBA draft after spending five seasons with STB Le Havre.
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Édouard Butin
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Édouard Butin is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker.
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Magda Wiet-Hénin
- Occupations
- taekwondo athlete
- Biography
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Magda Wiet-Hénin is a French taekwondo athlete. She won the silver medal at the 2018 European Taekwondo Championships. She has qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.
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Thomas Gassilloud
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- 2005-2006 graduated with French masters degree
- Occupations
- business executivemember of the French National Assemblypolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Gassilloud is a French politician who has represented the 10th constituency of the Rhône department in the National Assembly since 2017. First elected to Parliament as a member of La République En Marche! (LREM), he joined Agir in 2020 and sat with the Agir ensemble group in the National Assembly until 2022, when the group was disbanded. Following the 2022 legislative election, he joined the Renaissance group, after Agir was merged into Renaissance (formerly LREM).
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Mariama Signaté
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- handball player
- Biography
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Mariama Camara Signaté is a French handball player. Her playing position is left back.
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Kafétien Gomis
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- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Kafétien Gomis is a French long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.24 metres, achieved in August 2010.
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Andreas Nick
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- member of the German Bundestagpolitician
- Biography
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Andreas Nick is a former German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate from 2013 until 2021.
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Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- 2020-2023 graduated with French masters degree in management
- Occupations
- sportspersoncross-country skier
- Biography
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Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean is a French-Togolese cross-country skier. She competed for Togo at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the 10 km classical race. Petitjean finished in 68th place in her only race out of 75 competitors, nearly ten minutes behind the winner Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland. Petitjean hopes that her appearance will help to inspire the youth of Africa to participate in winter sports.
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Valentin Prades
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2021-2024
- Occupations
- modern pentathlete
- Biography
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Valentin Prades is a French modern pentathlete. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's event.
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Fanta Berete
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2024-2025
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Fanta Berete is a French politician of Renaissance who has been serving as a Member of Parliament for Paris's 12th constituency since 2022. She was the substitute of Olivia Grégoire who became a government minister.
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Léa Lemare
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2021-2022
- Occupations
- ski jumper
- Biography
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Léa Lemare, is a French ski jumper and the 2013 National Champion.
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Rémi Bonfils
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Rémi Bonfils is a French rugby union player. He plays at hooker for Stade Français in the Top 14.
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Julien Duval
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Julien Duval is a French former professional racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam AG2R Citroën Team. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España. Duval retired from competition at the end of the 2021 season.
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Timothé Vergiat
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Timothé Vergiat is a French basketball player. He represented France at the 2024 Summer Olympics in 3x3 event.
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Marielle Amant
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Marielle Amant is a French basketball player for ESB Villeneuve-d’Ascq and the French national team, where she participated at the 2014 FIBA World Championship.
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Frank Adisson
- Occupations
- kayakercanoeist
- Biography
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Frank Adisson is a French slalom canoeist. He competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, in three Summer Olympics. He won two medals in the C2 event with a gold medal in 1996 and a bronze medal in 1992.
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Anne Kuhm
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
- Biography
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Anne Kuhm is a French artistic gymnast. She represented France at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and was a reserve for the all-around final. The French team finished 11th in the qualification round, and they did not qualify into the team final. She is a 2-time national all-around champion (2011 and 2012).
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Océane Babel
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Graduated with Bachelor in Business Administration
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Océane Babel is a French tennis player. She was awarded a wildcard into the 2021 French Open, marking her singles debut at major level, losing to Elina Svitolina in the first round.
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Paoline Salagnac
- Occupations
- basketball playersporting director
- Biography
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Paoline Salagnac is a French basketball player for CJM Bourges Basket and the French national team, where she participated at the 2014 FIBA World Championship.
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Aline Friess
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Graduated with Bachelor in Business Administration
- Occupations
- gymnastartistic gymnast
- Biography
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Aline Friess is a French former artistic gymnast. She competed with the French teams at the 2019 World Championships, the 2020 Summer Olympics, the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2022 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships where she won bronze on vault.
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Yoann Bagot
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2019-2020
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Yoann Bagot is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2011 and 2019 for the Cofidis and Vital Concept–B&B Hotels teams. He was a member of the Cofidis team that competed at the 2013 Tour de France, where he withdrew in the third stage. His father, Jean-Claude Bagot was also a professional cyclist, best known for winning a stage of the 1987 Giro d'Italia.
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Margot Bailet
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2019-2021
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Margot Bailet is a French alpine ski racer.
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Sébastien Rouault
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- 2012-2015 graduated with Master of Science in Management in marketing strategy
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Sébastien Rouault is a male freestyle swimmer from France, who competed for his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
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Ingrid Tanqueray
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- 2021-2023 graduated with French masters degree in management
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Ingrid Tanqueray is a French basketball player for Basket Lattes and the French national team, where she participated at the 2014 FIBA World Championship.
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Frank Bournois
- Occupations
- university teacher
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Frank Bournois is a French academic. He was appointed on 17 February 2023 to be the vice-president and dean of CEIBS, effective 1 April 2023, under the presidency of Professor Wang Hong and Dominique Turpin. He was previously the Executive President and dean of ESCP Business School from August 2014 to January 2023, and professor of general management, European management and cross-cultural leadership at Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II). He specialises in the study of how very large corporate organisations identify, develop and manage their future top level leaders.
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Louis Thauron
- Occupations
- ice dancer
- Biography
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Louis Thauron is a French ice dancer. With his former partner Adelina Galyavieva, he is the 2021 French National Champion. With Angélique Abachkina, he represented France at four World Junior Championships, finishing within the top ten at three editions (2015–2017).
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Bruno Duvergé
- Occupations
- anciens cadresmember of the French National Assemblypolitician
- Biography
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Bruno Duvergé is a French politician representing the Democratic Movement. He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Pas-de-Calais.
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Jonathan Lobert
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2022-2023
- Occupations
- sailor
- Biography
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Jonathan Lobert is a French sailor. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's Finn class, where he obtained the bronze medal.
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Carl Ona Embo
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Carl Ona-Embo is a French-born Congolese professional basketball player who last played for Poitiers of the French LNB Pro B league. In the past, he played for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League. Standing at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), he plays at the point guard position.
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Marion Limal
- Occupations
- handball player
- Biography
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Marion Limal is a French handball player and coach. She plays for the French club Roz Hand’Du 29 and for the French national team.
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Michael Peters
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 1994-1995
- Occupations
- television personalitychief executive officerleader of organizationbusinesspersonbusiness executive
- Biography
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Michael Peters is a Franco-German media executive who served as chief executive officer (CEO) of Euronews from 2011 to 2021.
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Sacha Theocharis
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2014-2019
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
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Sacha Theocharis is a French freestyle skier. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Julien Desprès
- Occupations
- rower
- Biography
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Julien Desprès is a French rower. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in Coxless four. In 2010, he won the gold medal at the world rowing championship at Lake Karapiro in New Zealand, rowing in the coxless four, with Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Dorian Mortelette and Germain Chardin. Julien Desprès studied at EM Lyon Business School.
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Frédéric Bessy
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2008-2011
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Frédéric Bessy is a French former professional road bicycle racer, last riding for UCI ProTeam Cofidis.
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Paul Jourdain
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Paul Léon Jourdain was a French industrialist and politician who was a deputy from 1919 to 1927 and a senator from 1927 to 1944. He was Minister of Labor in 1919–21 and for a brief period in 1924. He was Minister of Pensions from 1925–26.
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Jean-Victor Traoré
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Sypir Jean-Victor Traoré is a Burkinabé professional basketball player for Lille Métropole BC of the LNB Pro B in France.
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Ayman Cherkaoui
- Born in
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Morocco - Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2015-2016
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Ayman Cherkaoui is an international jurist in climate change law, Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact in Morocco, and Lead Counsel for Climate Change at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law in Montreal Quebec, Canada. Cherkaoui in 2017 was named to the Emerging Leaders Program at the Policy Centre for the New South, and in 2018 was named to the Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa Program.
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Robert Waddington
- Occupations
- flying aceairman
- Biography
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Sous Lieutenant Paul Yvan Robert Waddington was a French World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories.
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Cyrille Cottin
- Occupations
- businesspersonentrepreneurracing automobile driver
- Biography
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Cyrille-Edouard Cottin was a French industrialist and racing driver, co-founder of the Automobiles Cottin et Desgouttes company.
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Pierre Bardy
- Enrolled in EMLYON Business School
- Studied in 2014-2016
- Occupations
- politiciandirector
- Biography
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Pierre Bardy is a Monegasque politician. From 2018 until 2023, he was a member of the National Council of Monaco. He is a Director of Cometh-Somoclim's Maintenance Department.
