Lycée privé Sainte-Geneviève
Coordinates: 48°48′13″N 2°09′19″E / 48.80361°N 2.15528°E
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| Motto | Servir (French) |
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Motto in English | To Serve |
| Type | Private, Catholic |
| Established | 1854 |
| Affiliation | Jesuit |
| Location | Versailles , France |
| Website | BGinette.com |
The Lycée Sainte-Geneviève is a private lycée, located in Versailles and providing preparatory classes for grandes écoles. It was founded in Paris, April 1854. It is often nicknamed Ginette and sometimes BJ, standing for Boite à Jèzes - Box of Jesuits.
Academics[]
Sainte-Geneviève is famous for having among the highest success rates at the entrance exams of the most selective French Grandes Écoles in the fields of engineering – École Polytechnique, Mines ParisTech, École des ponts ParisTech, École Centrale Paris – and business – HEC Paris, ESSEC Business School and ESCP Europe.[1]
Ginette provides PC/PC*, MP/MP*, PT/PT*, PSI*, ECS and BCPST classes.
Notable alumni[]
Military[]
- Hubert Lyautey (1854–1934), Marshal of France
- Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889–1952), Marshal of France
- Antoine Béthouart (1889–1982), Compagnon de la Libération
- Henry de Bournazel (1898–1933)
- Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves (1901–1941), Compagnon de la Libération
- Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902–1947), Compagnon de la Libération and marshal of France (Marshall Leclerc)
- Pierre Segrétain (1909–1950), commander of the 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion
- Alain de Boissieu (1914–2006), Compagnon de la Libération and Chief of Staff of the French Army
- Tom Morel (1915–1944), Compagnon de la Libération
- Jean-Louis Battet (born 1944), admiral, Chief of Staff of the French Navy from 2001 to 2005
- Édouard Guillaud (born 1953), admiral, Chief of the Defence Staff since 2010
CEOs[]
- Étienne Audibert (1888-1954), second CEO of EDF from 1947 to 1949
- Pierre Gadonneix (born 1943), CEO of Gaz de France from 1996 to 2000, then CEO of EDF from 2004 to 2009
- Louis Gallois (born 1944), CEO of SNCF, then CEO of EADS and CEO of Airbus
- Marc Tessier (born 1946), former chairman of France Télévisions
- Jean-Martin Folz (born 1947), former chairman and CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën
- Philippe Varin (born 1953), CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën (2009-2014)
- Benoît Potier (born 1957), CEO of Air Liquide
- Édouard Michelin (1963–2006), former CEO of Michelin
- Pierre Simon (1885-1977), first CEO of EDF (1946-1947)
- Tidjane Thiam (born 1962), CEO of Crédit Suisse
- Karim Beqqali, (born 1981), CEO of Yamed Group
- Erwan Menard (born 1973), ex CEO of Elastifile, sold to Google
Politicians[]
- Jean-François Deniau (1928–2007), statesman, diplomat, essayist and novelist ; member of the Académie française
- Laurent Touvet (born 1962), conseiller d'État, directeur des libertés publiques et des affaires juridiques au ministère de l'Intérieur
- Valérie Pécresse (born 1967), Minister for Higher Education and Research
- Emmanuelle Mignon (born 1968), civil servant and chief of staff of President Nicolas Sarkozy
Scientists[]
- Albert Jacquard (1925–2013), statistician, geneticist
- Xavier Le Pichon (born 1937), geophysicist, professor at Collège de France, member of the Académie des Sciences
- Ivar Ekeland (born 1944), mathematician
- Albert Ducrocq (1921–2001), scientific, journalist and essayist
- Stanislas Dehaene (born 1965), mathematician and cognitivist, professor at Collège de France, member of the Académie des Sciences
- Elyès Jouini (born 1965), economist, member of the Institut universitaire de France
Others[]
- Tirso de Olazábal, Count of Arbelaiz (1842-1921), politician
- Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852–1905), explorer
- Blessed Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916), explorer and Catholic religious
- Prince Hubert de Broglie (1903–1972)
- Yves du Manoir (1904–1928), rugby player
- Jean Bastien-Thiry (1927–1963), attempted to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle
- Bernard Fresson (1931–2002), cinema actor
- Philippe Sollers (born 1936), writer
- Patrick Peugeot (born 1937), president of the Cimade
- Bernard Ramanantsoa (born 1948), dean of HEC Paris from 1996 to 2015
- Bernard de Montmorillon (born 1950), dean of Paris Dauphine University from 1999 to 2007
- Mac Lesggy (born 1962), scientific journalist
- Julien Coupat (born 1974), political activist
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
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- Private schools in France
- Lycées in Yvelines
- Educational institutions established in 1854
- Schools in Versailles
- 1854 establishments in France