Jean Todt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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FIA President, UN SG's Special Envoy for Road Safety
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Place of Birth: Pierrefort, Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes, France
About Jean Todt
- Jean Todt (French pronunciation: ?[??~ t?d]; born 25 February 1946) is a French former rally driver who went on to become Peugeot Talbot Sport's Director and then Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 team principal, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari from 2004 to 2008. In October 2009, he was elected President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), a position to which he was re-elected in December 2013 and December 2017. Under his leadership, Peugeot won 4 World Rally Championship titles (drivers and manufacturers), won the Paris-Dakar Rally 4 times, and twice won the Le Mans 24 Hours.
- During his time in charge, Ferrari won 14 Formula One World Championship titles (drivers and manufacturers).
- It is also under his leadership that Michael Schumacher won five consecutive World Drivers' Championships, from 2000 to 2004, and obtained 72 of his 91 victories. On 29 April 2015, Todt was appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as its Special Envoy for Road Safety.Todt has been living with the Malaysian actress and producer Michelle Yeoh since 2004.
- He has a son, Nicolas, born in 1977.
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