5 billion that resembles more and more a left or double

It is a bet to $ 35.5 billion that resembles more and more a left or double. Tidjane Thiam, the Prudential does pattern, plays very big on redemption of American International Assurance (AIA). If successful, it close the British insurer among the very large sector. A failure would however surely fatal. At the head of "CIP" since only seven months, Tidjane Thiam is expected at the turn.

All over his conduct of the AIA case fed the fire of criticism. Some important investors of Prudential, reports the British press, found him "arrogant", "amateur" and arrogant "by as if the matter was in the bag". In essence, Tidjane Thiam would have simply told: "Trust me." An argument found a little short, while it is neither more nor less than the largest transaction in the history of insurance. In short, to hear them, this unconditional support for the "Gunners" (Gunners) of Arsenal would be party to the AIA assault the flower in the gun. They also accuse the very picked up calendar, and it seems difficult to keep the operation.

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Another episode quite its spirits. Mid-March, a fortnight after the announcement of the purchase of AIA, Société Générale indicated the appointment next Tidjane Thiam at its Board of Directors. The new led the frond of the major shareholders of Prudential, binding the person to step back.

The wind of the boulet

Tidjane Thiam, who needs the support of 75 of the investors to complete the operation, he felt passing wind of the bullet It recognizes that the shareholders had reasons to be doubtful recently, but that Prudential was found "in the position of someone who must fight with one arm behind the back". Recalling the complexity and scale of the project, he said yesterday confidence in the final outcome. "We believe our shareholders will support us," argued - he.

Several lives

The public discovered Tidjane Thiam at its accession to the head of Prudential, last October 1, when it became the first black to lead a company of Futsee 100, the equivalent of the CAC 40. The announcement of the purchase of AIA, beginning of March, showed a man pressed, who has already had several lives. After a childhood in Africa and studies in France (X-Mines and Insead), where he had become aware of the reality of the "glass ceiling", Tidjane Thiam begins in the Council in McKinsey before plunging into politics. He worked six years for the Ivorian Government, becoming Minister of planning and development, before having to flee his native country following the coup d'etat of 1999.

Found in London in insurance, in Aviva. Director of strategy, he participated in the editing of an offer to purchase of 17 billion pounds on... Prudential. The case quickly collapsing and costs his position of CEO of Aviva, Richard Harvey. After the appointment of a new General Manager Aviva him blocking access to the Summit, he joined Prudential two years later, where he found a position commensurate with his ambition. Come as Chief Financial Officer, he will not be long before succeeded Mark Tucker as CEO in October 2009, at forty-six years.