He chaired the oil company from 1995 to 2010 then on an interim basis in 2014.
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The former boss of Total Thierry Desmarest died on Wednesday January 10, at the age of 78, announced the TotalEnergies group, confirming information from World. Joining the company in 1981, he chaired it from 1995 to 2010, then in 2014 on an interim basis upon the death of Christophe de Margerie.
Despite his success in raising Total, now TotalEnergies, among the five largest oil groups in the world, Thierry Desmarest had seen his image tarnished by his management of the sinking of theErika off the coast of Brittany, and the oil spill that followed in December 1999.
He was also at the head of the company during the explosion of the AZF chemical factory on September 21, 2001 in Toulouse. He was then criticized for his cold reaction to emotion. The explosion killed 30 people and destroyed or damaged nearly 30,000 buildings.
