Biography of Thierry Billot

Thierry BILLOT


Managing Director, Brands

Thierry Billot, ESCP, joins Pernod Ricard in 1982 as Internal Auditor. He becomes Finance and dministration Director of Pernod in 1985 before being appointed Financial Director of Pernod Ricard in 986. In 1992, he is appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Austin Nichols in the US. 

In 1996, he is appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pernod, and in 2002, he is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pernod Ricard Europe. 

Since 1 July 2008, he is Managing Director, Brands.



- 1975: merger of the Pernod and Ricard companies
- 18,000 employees in more than 70 countries worldwide
- 107 production plants