Michel Combes
| Michel Combes | |
|---|---|
 Bell Labs Prize winners, 2014. From left to right: Marcus Weldon (Bell Labs President), Eva Rajo-Iglesias, Patrick Reynaert, Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, Emmanuel Abbe, and Michel Combes (then Alcatel-Lucent CEO) | |
| Born |
March 29, 1962 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Residence | Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education |
École Polytechnique Télécom ParisTech Paris Dauphine University |
| Occupation | CEO |
| Employer |
France Telecom (2003-2006) Vodafone (2008-2012) Alcatel-Lucent (2013-2015) Altice (2015-2017) Sprint (2018-present) |
Michel Combes (born March 29, 1962) is a French businessman. He is Chief Executive Officer at Sprint, and has held CEO roles at Vodafone Europe, Alcatel-Lucent and Altice.
Early life and education
Combes was born March 29, 1962. He attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, then graduated from École Polytechnique in 1983,[1] Télécom ParisTech, Paris Dauphine University and Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam).[2]
Career
After several jobs in ministries, at France Télécom and at TDF, Combes was CEO of Vodafone Europe from 2008 to 2012.[3]
On February 22, 2013, the Alcatel-Lucent board of directors appointed Combes as the company’s CEO, succeeding Ben Verwaayen (effective April 1).[4] On June 19, 2013, Combes announced plans to focus Alcatel-Lucent's operations on networking products and high-speed broadband in order to cut costs by 1 billion euros by 2015.[5] He left Alcatel-Lucent in September 2015, after Nokia announced its intention to buy the company but before the merger was complete, to join Altice as COO.[6] He became Altice's CEO in 2016, and was replaced in November 2017.[7]
Combes was appointed as the CFO of Sprint in January 2018,[8] and CEO in May of the same year.[9]
Personal life
He has two children.
References
- ↑ (in French) École polytechnique, search tool
- ↑ Michel Combes, in Who's Who in France, 2009
- ↑ "LSA : Biographie de Michel Combes" (in French).
- ↑ Alcatel-Lucent names Michel Combes as CEO Reuters, February 22nd 2013
- ↑ "New CEO begins Alcatel makeover".
- ↑ Thomson, Adam (2 September 2015). "French economy minister slams Michel Combes' Alcatel-Lucent exit". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ↑ Sassard, Sophie (10 November 2017). "Altice ousts CEO after shares dropped 30 percent in a week". Reuters. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ↑ "Sprint appoints former Altice head Michel Combes as CFO". Reuters. 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
- ↑ Aiello, Chloe (2 May 2018). "Sprint names Michel Combes as CEO and Marcelo Claure as executive chairman". CNBC. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
| Business positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ben Verwaayen |
CEO of Alcatel-Lucent 2013–2015 |
Succeeded by Philippe Camus |
| Preceded by Patrick Drahi |
CEO of Altice 2015–2017 |
Succeeded by Alain Weill |