Michel Combes

Michel Combes
Michel Combes
	Bell Labs Prize winners, 2014. From left to right: Marcus Weldon (Bell Labs President), Eva Rajo-Iglesias, Patrick Reynaert, Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, Emmanuel Abbe, and Michel Combes (then Alcatel-Lucent CEO)
Born	29 March 1962; Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Nationality	French
Education	École Polytechnique; Télécom ParisTech; Paris Dauphine University
Occupation	CEO
Employer	France Telecom (2003–2006); Vodafone (2008–2012); Alcatel-Lucent (2013–2015); Altice (2015–2017); Sprint (2018–2020)

Michel Combes (born 29 March 1962) is a French businessman. He was Chief Executive Officer at Sprint, and has held CEO roles at Vodafone Europe, Alcatel-Lucent and Altice.

Early life and education

Combes was born on 29 March 1962. He attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, then graduated from École Polytechnique in 1983,[1] Télécom ParisTech, Paris Dauphine University and Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam).[2]

Career

After several jobs in ministries, at France Télécom and at TDF, Combes was CEO of Vodafone Europe from 2008 to 2012.[3]

On 22 February 2013 the Alcatel-Lucent board of directors appointed Combes as the company's CEO, succeeding Ben Verwaayen (effective April 1).[4] On 19 June 2013 Combes announced plans to focus Alcatel-Lucent's operations on networking products and high-speed broadband in order to cut costs by 1 billion euros by 2015.[5] He left Alcatel-Lucent in September 2015, after Nokia announced its intention to buy the company but before the merger was complete, to join Altice as COO.[6] He became Altice's CEO in 2016, and was replaced in November 2017.[7]

Combes was appointed as the CFO of Sprint in January 2018,[8] and CEO in May of the same year.[9] His tenure ceased when Sprint merged with T-Mobile US in April 2020.[10]

Personal life

He has three children.

References

(in French) École polytechnique, search tool
Michel Combes, in Who's Who in France, 2009
"LSA : Biographie de Michel Combes" (in French).
Alcatel-Lucent names Michel Combes as CEO Reuters, February 22nd 2013
"New CEO begins Alcatel makeover".
Thomson, Adam (2 September 2015). "French economy minister slams Michel Combes' Alcatel-Lucent exit". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
Sassard, Sophie (10 November 2017). "Altice ousts CEO after shares dropped 30 percent in a week". Reuters. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
"Sprint appoints former Altice head Michel Combes as CFO". Reuters. 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
Aiello, Chloe (2 May 2018). "Sprint names Michel Combes as CEO and Marcelo Claure as executive chairman". CNBC. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
Kaberline, Brian (1 April 2020). "COVID-19 pushes welcome of Sprint employees to #TeamMagenta online". Kansas City Business Journal. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

Business positions
Preceded by Ben Verwaayen	CEO of Alcatel-Lucent 2013–2015	Succeeded by Philippe Camus
Preceded by Patrick Drahi	CEO of Altice 2015–2017	Succeeded by Alain Weill
Preceded by Marcelo Claure	CEO of Sprint since 2018	Succeeded by incumbent

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[1] (in French) École polytechnique, search tool

[Study-2] Michel Combes, in Who's Who in France, 2009

[3] "LSA : Biographie de Michel Combes" (in French).

[4] Alcatel-Lucent names Michel Combes as CEO Reuters, February 22nd 2013

[5] "New CEO begins Alcatel makeover".

[6] Thomson, Adam (2 September 2015). "French economy minister slams Michel Combes' Alcatel-Lucent exit". Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[7] Sassard, Sophie (10 November 2017). "Altice ousts CEO after shares dropped 30 percent in a week". Reuters. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[8] "Sprint appoints former Altice head Michel Combes as CFO". Reuters. 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2018-01-04.

[9] Aiello, Chloe (2 May 2018). "Sprint names Michel Combes as CEO and Marcelo Claure as executive chairman". CNBC. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[10] Kaberline, Brian (1 April 2020). "COVID-19 pushes welcome of Sprint employees to #TeamMagenta online". Kansas City Business Journal. Retrieved 3 July 2020.