Christophe de Margerie

Christophe de Margerie   (businessman)
Born	1951-08-06 Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais, France
Died	2014-10-20 (Age 63) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	French
Alma mater	ESCP Europe
Victim of	premature death
Total/CEO In office 2007 - 20 October 2014 Succeeded by Patrick Pouyanné Killed in a plane crash.

Christophe de Margerie was a French businessman who died in an air crash in Moscow.

Career

Christophe de Margerie joined the Total Group after graduating from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce in Paris in 1974. In 2007 he was made chief executive of the company.

Death

Christophe de Margerie was in a corporate jet which collided with a snow plough and burst into flames. All four people on board were killed. Svetlana Krivsun, 23, charged with causing death of Christophe de Margerie. She is suspected of having given the order for the private jet to take off. It crashed after its front wheel clipped a snowplough on the runway. Russian investigators claimed that the driver of the snow plough, Vladimir Martynenko was drunk, but she denied this.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2008	5 June 2008	8 June 2008	US Virginia Chantilly	The 56th Bilderberg, Chantilly, Virginia, 139 guests
WEF/Annual Meeting/2011	26 January 2011	30 January 2011	Switzerland	2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2012	25 January 2012	29 January 2012	Switzerland	2113 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013	23 January 2013	27 January 2013	Switzerland	2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2014	22 January 2014	25 January 2014	Switzerland	2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"

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