He also spent almost a full year studying at Christ Church Episcopal School in Greenville, South Carolina.

He was appointed Michelin Group CEO at the Annual Shareholders Meeting on 11 June 1999,[1] 110 years after the establishment of the company.

[1] In 1992 he was married to his wife Cécile in a ceremony at Chartres Cathedral presided over by his elder brother, Father Etienne Michelin.

Fond of theology, Gregorian chants, and mountain walks, he was a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

In April 2005, he was elected to the board of directors of Nokia Corporation at the company's Annual General Meeting.

In honor of Michelin, the Formula One drivers forwent the usual champagne shower at the award ceremony in the following race in 2006 Monaco Grand Prix.