No.49 - PHILIPPE LAMAZOU (CIRCET)

Age: 45

Years at current company: 12

Industry: Telecoms

Turnover: $860m

Rate of growth: 150% since 2010

Creator of a telecom operator network, Circet differentiates by offering its customers turnkey project engineering – earning market share and making it as the France’s sector leader. 14 billion euros will be invested over the next five years as part of the France Très Haut Débit plan. Analysts estimate that Circet will break the one billion euro turnover barrier in 2019.

Notable success: to increase coverage of the territory, Philippe Lamazou has made five acquisitions over the last three years.