. . . . "Thierry Desmarest"@en . . "1945-12-18Z"^^ . . . "French businessman" . "1945Z"^^ . "Thierry Desmarest (born 18 December 1945 in Paris) is a French businessman. He is the current chairman of Total. He was also Chief Executive Officer at Total from May 1995 until February 2007, when he was replaced by Christophe de Margerie.In 1999, Desmarest had led the TotalFina oil company through the acquisition of a Belgium oil company, Petrofina, for $12 billion. In July 1999, Desmarest had also led the TotalFina enterprise through the acquisition of Elf Acquitaine for $44 billion."@en . "Desmarest, Thierry"@en . . .