Lycée privé Sainte-Geneviève

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	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 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).^[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

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
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