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The Lycée Sainte-Geneviève is a private lycée, located in Versailles and providing preparatory classes for grandes écoles. It was founded by the Jesuits in Paris in April 1854. It is often nicknamed Ginette and sometimes BJ, standing for Boite à Jèzes (Box of Jesuits).
Academics
Sainte-Geneviève is famous for enjoying one of the highest success rate at the recruitment competitive examination of the most selective French grandes écoles in the fields of engineering (École Polytechnique, Mines ParisTech, École des Ponts ParisTech, and CentraleSupélec) and business studies (HEC Paris, ESSEC Business School and ESCP Business School).[1]
Ginette provides PC/PC*, MP/MP*, PT/PT*, PSI*, ECS and BCPST classes.
Notable alumni
Military
- Hubert Lyautey (1854–1934), Marshal of France
- Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889–1952), Marshal of France
- Antoine Béthouart (1889–1982), Compagnon de la Libération
- Henry de Bournazel (1898–1933)
- Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves (1901–1941), Compagnon de la Libération
- Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902–1947), Compagnon de la Libération and marshal of France (Marshall Leclerc)
- Pierre Segrétain (1909–1950), commander of the 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion
- Alain de Boissieu (1914–2006), Compagnon de la Libération and Chief of Staff of the French Army
- Tom Morel (1915–1944), Compagnon de la Libération
- Jean-Louis Battet (born 1944), admiral, Chief of Staff of the French Navy from 2001 to 2005
- Édouard Guillaud (born 1953), admiral, Chief of the Defence Staff since 2010
CEOs
- Étienne Audibert (1888-1954), second CEO of EDF from 1947 to 1949
- Pierre Gadonneix (born 1943), CEO of Gaz de France from 1996 to 2000, then CEO of EDF from 2004 to 2009
- Louis Gallois (born 1944), CEO of SNCF, then CEO of EADS and CEO of Airbus
- Marc Tessier (born 1946), former chairman of France Télévisions
- Jean-Martin Folz (born 1947), former chairman and CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën
- Philippe Varin (born 1953), CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën (2009-2014)
- Benoît Potier (born 1957), CEO of Air Liquide
- Édouard Michelin (1963–2006), former CEO of Michelin
- Pierre Simon (1885-1977), first CEO of EDF (1946-1947)
- Tidjane Thiam (born 1962), CEO of Crédit Suisse
Politicians
- Jean-François Deniau (1928–2007), statesman, diplomat, essayist and novelist ; member of the Académie française
- Laurent Touvet (born 1962), conseiller d'État, directeur des libertés publiques et des affaires juridiques au ministère de l'Intérieur
- Valérie Pécresse (born 1967), Minister for Higher Education and Research
- Emmanuelle Mignon (born 1968), civil servant and chief of staff of President Nicolas Sarkozy
Scientists
- Albert Jacquard (1925–2013), statistician, geneticist
- Xavier Le Pichon (born 1937), geophysicist, professor at Collège de France, member of the Académie des Sciences
- Ivar Ekeland (born 1944), mathematician
- Albert Ducrocq (1921–2001), scientific, journalist and essayist
- Stanislas Dehaene (born 1965), mathematician and cognitivist, professor at Collège de France, member of the Académie des Sciences
- Elyès Jouini (born 1965), economist, member of the Institut universitaire de France
Others
- Tirso de Olazábal, Count of Arbelaiz (1842-1921), politician
- Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852–1905), explorer
- Saint Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916), explorer and Catholic religious
- Yves du Manoir (1904–1928), rugby player
- Jean Bastien-Thiry (1927–1963), attempted to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle
- Bernard Fresson (1931–2002), cinema actor
- Philippe Sollers (born 1936), writer
- Patrick Peugeot (born 1937), president of the Cimade
- Bernard Ramanantsoa (born 1948), dean of HEC Paris from 1996 to 2015
- Bernard de Montmorillon (born 1950), dean of Paris Dauphine University from 1999 to 2007
- Mac Lesggy (born 1962), scientific journalist
- Julien Coupat (born 1974), political activist
