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French businessman (born 1954)

Henri de La Croix de Castries (born 15 August 1954) is a French businessman. He was chairman and CEO of AXA until retiring from both roles on 1 September 2016.

Early life

Henri de La Croix de Castries was born on August 15, 1954, in Bayonne.^[1] His father was Count François de La Croix de Castries (1919/20–2011)^[2] who had a military career in Korea, Indochina, and Algeria.^[1] His maternal grandfather, Count Pierre de Chevigné, was a colonel in the Free French forces.^[1]

With the backing of his family, De Castries broke with custom by not choosing a military career, although he did perform his national service in a parachute regiment, where he developed a passion for freefall.^[3]

De Castries attended the Ecole Saint-Jean de Passy, followed by high school at the Collège Stanislas de Paris^[4] He graduated from HEC Paris in 1976, the same year as Serge Lepelti