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Jean-Michel Aulas

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Jean-Michel Antoine Aulas (French pronunciation: [ʒamiʃɛl olas]; born 22 March 1949) is a French businessman. He is the founder of Cegid (Compagnie Européenne de Gestion par l'Informatique Décentralisée), and from 1987 to 2023, he served as the president of French football club Lyon, which he had owned from 1987 to 2022 before selling a majority stake to John Textor. As part of OL Groupe, Aulas also previously owned and was the chairman of American club OL Reign from 2020 to 2022. Aulas was the last president of the prestigious G-14 until it was disbanded in January 2008, and he also served on the board of the European Club Association for Lyon until 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Michel Aulas is the 531st most popular businessperson (down from 458th in 2019), the 4,493rd most popular biography from France (down from 4,076th in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jean-Michel Aulas ranks 531 out of 847Before him are George Peabody, Gigi Becali, Robert Durst, Muhtar Kent, Mario Segale, and Gene Haas. After him are Gilbert Kaplan, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Gautam Adani, Jean-Paul Agon, Walter Wild, and Jim Marshall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Jean-Michel Aulas ranks 461Before him are Klaus Ludwig, Patrick Nève, Viktor Kolotov, Bob Ezrin, Luigi Serafini, and Christos Papadimitriou. After him are Rudy Hartono, John Podesta, Emma Kirkby, Vladimír Martinec, Jamaica Kincaid, and Carlo Petrini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Michel Aulas ranks 4,493 out of 6,770Before him are Rita Renoir (1934), Paul Montel (1876), Arsène Darmesteter (1846), Alain Daniélou (1907), Raymond Bellot (1929), and Alain Perrin (1956). After him are Claude Puel (1961), Bernard Darniche (1942), Antoine de Caunes (1953), Marcel Artelesa (1938), François Hesnault (1956), and Henry Monnier (1799).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Jean-Michel Aulas ranks 38Before him are Pierre Veyron (1903), J. R. D. Tata (1904), Émile Étienne Guimet (1836), Pierre Omidyar (1967), Athina Onassis (1985), and Jean-Dominique Senard (1953). After him are Jean-Paul Agon (1956), Éric Boullier (1973), Philippe Kahn (1952), Benoît Potier (1957), Jérôme Kerviel (1977), and Cyril Abiteboul (1977).