Altergaz was the first French independent natural gas company in France, based in Paris and founded by Taoufik Tahar, Robert Delbos and Jean-Paul George in 2003. In 2012, Eni, the Italian Oil & Gas multinational acquired Altergaz.[1][2]

Altergaz S.A.
Company typePrivate S.A.
IndustryEnergy
Founded2003
Founder
Headquarters,
France
Key people
Productsnatural gas
RevenueIncrease €1.6 billion (2012)
OwnerEni from 2012
Number of employees
200
Websitewww.eni.it

History edit

Altergaz was initially founded in 2003 by Taoufik Tahar[3] and two former senior executive of French energy sectors: Robert Delbos and Jean-Paul George. Taoufik Tahar[4] was the founder and CEO of Easyloan first credit broker in France. Robert Delbos was Chief of Treasury and CFO of EDF-GDF (today EDF and Engie) and then Chairman-CEO of Petrofigaz (today Solfea bank). Jean-Paul George was the former number 2 of GDF (today Engie) as sales manager in the 90s and the founder-CEO of Cofathec group (today Engie Cofely).[2]

In 2004, the investor Georges Cohen, founder of Transiciel company joined Altergaz as business angel and became associate.[5]

In 2005, Altergaz was listed on Bourse de Paris stock exchange.[6]

In 2012, the turnover of Altergaz was around €1,6 billion.[7]

Partnership with Eni edit

From 2007, Altergaz created a strong industrial and financial partnership with the Italian oil and gas multinational Eni.[8] From 2010, Eni is the first shareholder of Altergaz with more than 63% of the capital and in 2011 Eni got around 98% of shares.[9]

Altergaz became Eni edit

The October 1st 2012, Eni acquired Altergaz in full and was renamed Eni Gas & Power France.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ "Robert Delbos – World Policy Conference".
  2. ^ a b "Robert Delbos". Les Echos. August 24, 2005.
  3. ^ "Naissance d'Altergaz, premier fournisseur indépendant sur le marché français". Les Echos (in French). 2005-05-19. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  4. ^ "Taoufik Tahar – Babylone Growers". Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  5. ^ "Georges Cohen, un autodidacte devenu millionnaire". April 12, 2005 – via Le Monde.
  6. ^ "Altergaz, retenu comme fournisseur de dernier recours – Enerzine".
  7. ^ "ENI GAS & POWER FRANCE à LEVALLOIS PERRET (92300), bilan gratuit 2017, sur SOCIETE.COM (451225692)". www.societe.com.
  8. ^ Bourse, Zone. "Altergaz : ENI Gaz et Power se renforce dans ALTERGAZ | Zone bourse". www.zonebourse.com.
  9. ^ "Altergaz se rebaptise ENI pour mieux conquérir les particuliers". La Tribune.
  10. ^ "Altergaz devient Eni – Eni". www.eni.com.

External links edit