Background
Lesourne, Jacques-Francois was born on December 26, 1928 in La Rochelle, Charente, Maritime, France. Son of Andre and Simone (Guille) Lesourne.
Lesourne, Jacques-Francois was born on December 26, 1928 in La Rochelle, Charente, Maritime, France. Son of Andre and Simone (Guille) Lesourne.
Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, 1948; Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines, Paris, 1951.
President, Metra International and Sema, Paris, 1958-1975; director interfutures project, Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1976-1979; professor industrial economics and statistics, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris, since 1976; chairman Chief Executive Officer, Le Monde, Paris, since 1991. President International Federation Operational Research Socs., 1989-1991. Vice president International Institute Applied Systems Analysis, 1973-1979.
Married Odile Melin, January 21, 1961. Children: Catherine, Justine, Renaud.