Bruno Lafont
French businessman (born 1956)
Bruno Lafont (born 8 June 1956) is a French businessman. He served as the chief executive officer of Lafarge from 2006 to 2015, when it merged with Holcim to become LafargeHolcim.2
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Born Jun 8, 1956.1
About
He served as the co-chairman of LafargeHolcim from 2015 to April 2017.
From Wikipedia’s article on Bruno Lafont, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- ArcelorMittalBoard member11
Early life and education
- Date not recordedLycée Louis-le-Grand3
- Date not recordedÉcole nationale d'administration3
- Date not recordedHEC Paris3
- Date not recordedLycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague3
Lafont was born in 1956. He graduated from HEC Paris in 1977 as well as the École nationale d'administration in Paris.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson.8
- Date not recordedWorked at Lafarge4
- Date not recordedBoard member, ArcelorMittal5
- Date not recordedChief executive officer6 7
- Date not recordedHonorary presidency6
Lafont joined Lafarge as an auditor in the finance department in 1983, He subsequently worked in Germany and Turkey. He was appointed as its CEO on 1 January 2006. Under his tenure, he oversaw the international expansion of Lafarge to 70 countries, including the acquisition of minority shareholders in Lafarge North America. Additionally, he cut costs by 60% within the first year, notably by divesting from its roof-manufacturing subsidiary. By December 2008, he acquired Orascom Cement, a subsidiary of Orascom Construction Industries, for €8.8 billion, and he brought billionaires Albert Frère and Nassef Sawiris to Lafarge's board. He stepped down as CEO in 2015, shortly after its merger with Holcim. He was awarded a €2.5 million bonus for it. He served as the co-chairman of LafargeHolcim until April 2017.
Lafont serves on the boards of directors of Électricité de France and ArcelorMittal. He is an advisor to the mayor of Chongqing in China. He is also the chairman of the Fondation nationale pour l'enseignement de la gestion.
In April 2026, he was sentenced to six years in prison by a French court for paying millions in 'protection money' to Islamic State in Syria.
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Personal life
Lafont is married to Marie-Constance de Maistre, a violinist and a descendant of Joseph de Maistre.
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- 1WikidataBruno Lafont on Wikidata
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- 11WikidataArcelorMittal, Board member
- 12Wikimedia CommonsBruno Lafont photo by Nicolas Richoffer, CC BY-SA 4.0