Background
Pierre Gattaz was born on September 11, 1959 in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France. His father, Yvon Gattaz, co-founded Radiall, an electronics manufacturer, in 1952, and served as the President of the Conseil national du patronat français, a precursor to the MEDEF, from 1981 to 1986.
Education
Gattaz graduated from the École nationale supérieure des télécommunications de Bretagne, where he received a bachelor of science degree in engineering.
Career
He serves as the Chairman of Radiall, an electronics manufacturer. He is the President of the Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF), the main pro-business organization in France. He received a certificate in administrative management from George Washington University in Washington, District of Columbia
Gattaz worked as a business attache at the Embassy of France, Washington, District of Columbia He returned to France to work for Dassault Electronique, a subsidiary of the Dassault Group, from 1984 to 1989.
He served as General Manager of Fontaine Electronique Convergie, a subsidiary of Dynaction, from 1989 to 1992.
Gattaz joined the family business, Radiall, as General Manager in 1992. He has served as its Chairman since 1994. Under his leadership, the corporation has expanded from the defense sector into telecommunications and aeronautics.
He also increased its marketshare in the United States, India, Japan and China.
He relocated a plant to Mexico in order to raise more capital for research and development. Gattaz served as the President of the Groupement professionnel des industries de composants systèmes électroniques (GIXEL) in 1999.
He was President of the Fédération des Industries Electriques, Electroniques et de Communication in 2007. Since 2013, Gattaz has served as the President of the Mouvement des Entreprises de France, the main pro-business organization in France.
He is a proponent of deregulation.
Gattaz serves on the Conseil national de l’industrie.
Membership
He is a member of Louisiana Fabrique de l"Industrie, a pro-business think tank.