Yvon Gattaz

Yvon Gattaz (17 June 1925 – 12 December 2024) was a French businessman. He was the co-founder of Radiall, an electronics manufacturer. He was President of the Conseil national du patronat français, the main pro-business organization in France, from 1981 to 1986. Gattaz authored many books about free enterprise.

Early life Yvon Gattaz was born on 17 June 1925 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, near Lyon in France. His father was a schoolteacher. He had a brother, Lucien (1924–2003).

Business career Gattaz worked as an engineer for Aciéries du Nord (later Usinor-Denain) from 1948 to 1950. He served as its chairman and chief executive officer from 1952 to 1993. He was criticized by Ambroise Roux, the founder of the French Association of Private Enterprises, who thought the Conseil national du patronat français under Gattaz's leadership was not sufficiently forceful in pushing back against President François Mitterrand's socialist policy of nationalization.

Gattaz founded Association Jeunesse et Entreprises, a non-profit organization which brings young people and the business world together, in 1986.

Gattaz was inducted into the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques on 29 May 1989.