Michel Bon

{{short description|French businessman and politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{ infobox person

| name = Michel Bon

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|07|05|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Grenoble, France

| education = Lycée Champollion
Lycée du Parc

| alma_mater = ESSEC Business School
Sciences Po
École nationale d'administration
Stanford Graduate School of Business

| occupation = Businessman

}}

Michel Bon (born 5 July 1943) is a French businessman and politician. He is a graduate of the ESSEC Business School, of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, of the École nationale d'administration and of Stanford Business School.{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=650146&privcapId=35154395&previousCapId=874353&previousTitle=Lafarge%20SA|title=Michel Bon|publisher=BusinessWeek|accessdate=24 May 2011}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In 1981, he was selected to be one of the first Young Leaders of the French-American Foundation.{{cite web|url=http://www.frenchamerican.org/young-leaders|title=Young Leaders|publisher=French-American Foundation|accessdate=2015-10-26}}

He worked at the banks Crédit national and Crédit Agricole.{{cite web|url=http://www.strategy-business.com/article/16701?gko=18ce5|title=An Interview with Michel Bon|publisher=strategy and business|accessdate=24 May 2011}} He has been CEO then Chairman of the supermarket group Carrefour. From 1993 to 1995 he was head of the French unemployment agency. He was Chairman of France Télécom from 1995 to 2002.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/13/business/france-telecom-chief-under-pressure-resigns.html?ref=michelbon|title=France Télécom Chief, Under Pressure, Resigns|work=New York Times|accessdate=24 May 2011|first=John|last=Tagliabue|date=13 September 2002}}

He was formerly president of the Institut Pasteur. He is also an administrator at Lafarge and formerly of Air Liquide.