Jean Paul Gut graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris with a master's degree in Economy.
Three years later, 1993, he advanced to the position of Senior Executive Vice President, in charge of international operations for the Lagardère Group.
[11] Jean-Paul Gut is also the founder of the ARMAT GROUP[12] in 2008, focusing on private equity, real estate and asset backed finance.
[13][14] He was accused of selling his EADS shares in March 2006 based on information indicating that the A380 and A350 programs would face delays, which would negatively impact the stock price.
[16][17] In September 2019, Jean-Paul Gut was taken into custody in connection with commissions paid to Alexandre Djouhri as part of the sale of aircraft by Airbus to Libya.