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...transition from one world to another. This artistic lexicon is used throughout the Congo region, encompassing several dozen tribes in the modern nations of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and Gabon. The exquisite Musée Jacquemart-André, in the former mansion of 19th century banker Edouard André and his artist wife, Nélie Jacquemart, houses their exceptional collection of furniture, paintings, porcelain and objets d'art. The current temporary show, like the museum, is a small gem, although the title From Caillebotte to Picasso is a little misleading. Only one Picasso and two Caillebottes...
French CEO Edouard Michelin is no revolutionary, but he is fomenting unprecedented change at his family's eponymous tire company. Long known for its paternalistic, authoritarian and secretive management style, the 113-year-old firm has become much more open since the 39-year-old scion's ascension to the top job in 1999. Even the Guide Rouge, which awards the coveted Michelin stars, held its first-ever press conference earlier this year under the leadership of its new English (!) boss. Edouard has also broken with tradition to ease relations with media, markets and shareholders, and this week he will...
During the company's annual meeting, Michelin will reveal the results of an inaugural flotation of 1.3 million shares to employees. Due partly to incentives like discounts and 0% loans, the offering is expected to be massively oversubscribed. The meeting also marks the retirement of Edouard's father, 75-year-old patriarch François Michelin, who took the helm in 1957. With his focus on technological innovation - the company invented the radial tire - and almost cultish devotion to the customer, he transformed Michelin from the world's 10th-ranked tiremaker into the second-largest producer, after Goodyear. Edouard realizes...
...Edouard trained as an engineer and served for two years as an officer aboard a nuclear submarine before he joined Michelin in 1989. Like all company executives, he spent six months on an assembly line before becoming part of the management team. In 1991, following Michelin's acquisition of the American tire company Uniroyal-Goodrich, he was named ceo of Michelin's U.S. unit. He returned to the company's Clermont-Ferrand headquarters in 1993 to prepare for the succession. Just months later Edouard faced media and political ire when, on the same day Michelin revealed a quarterly profit increase...
...Edouard's willingness to communicate didn't stop with his opening up to press, analysts and investors clamoring for information. Against his father's advice, he also negotiated the implementation of France's 35-hour workweek with unions and employees. Between working, driving his five daughters to school and following auto racing, Edouard takes the time to explain how the 1999 restructuring plan and shift in sales strategy allowed Michelin to survive a globally grim 2001 and report earnings of ?314 million on sales of ?15.77 billion. Such collective efforts to remain profitable and attentive to quality are what inspired...