Michel Combes
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 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 | 29 March 1962 Boulogne-Billancourt, 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 (2018–2020) |
Michel Combes (born 29 March 1962) is a French businessman. He was Chief Executive Officer at Sprint, and has held CEO roles at Vodafone Europe, Alcatel-Lucent and Altice.
Early life and education[]
Combes was born on 29 March 1962.[citation needed] 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 22 February 2013 the Alcatel-Lucent board of directors appointed Combes as the company's CEO, succeeding Ben Verwaayen (effective April 1).[4] On 19 June 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] His tenure ceased when Sprint merged with T-Mobile US in April 2020.[10]
Personal life[]
He has three children.[citation needed]
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
- ^ Abboud, Leila (19 June 2013). "New CEO begins Alcatel makeover". Reuters.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kaberline, Brian (1 April 2020). "COVID-19 pushes welcome of Sprint employees to #TeamMagenta online". Kansas City Business Journal. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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- Living people
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni
- École Polytechnique alumni
- Paris Dauphine University alumni
- Alcatel-Lucent
- Sprint Corporation
- People from Boulogne-Billancourt
- French chief executives
- Corps des télécommunications