Laurence Danon Arnaud (born 6 January 1956) is a French businesswoman.

Danon is a graduate of the École normale supérieure (Paris) (1977-1981) and graduate of France's elite Corps des Mines (1981-1984), with a postgraduate diploma in Organic Chemistry and agrégée with a senior postgraduate teaching qualification in Physics.

In 1989, Danon joined the Elf Group where she was in charge of sales and marketing in the Polymer Division.

In the wake of Printemps sale in October 2006 for a record price of 1.1 Billion euros, she resigned her post in early 2007.

[1] Following on the disposal of Leonardo & Co. SAS to Natixis in 2015, Danon joined her family office.