48°48′13″N 2°09′19″E / 48.80361°N 2.15528°E / 48.80361; 2.15528
Lycée Sainte-Geneviève
Motto Servir (
French )Motto in English
To Serve Type
Private ,
Catholic Established 1854; 170 years ago (1854 ) Affiliation Jesuit Location , 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 by the
Jesuits in
Paris in April 1854. It is often nicknamed Ginette and sometimes BJ , standing for Boite à Jèzes (Box of Jesuits).
Academics
Sainte-Geneviève is famous for enjoying one of the highest success rate at the recruitment competitive examination of the most selective French
grandes écoles in the fields of engineering (
École Polytechnique ,
Mines ParisTech ,
École des Ponts ParisTech , and
CentraleSupélec ) and business studies (
HEC Paris ,
ESSEC Business School and
ESCP Business School ).
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Ginette provides PC/PC*, MP/MP*, PT/PT*, PSI*, ECG 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
Politicians
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
Saint
Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916), explorer and Catholic religious
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