Jean Boissonnat was born on January 16, 1929, and died on September 25, 2016.

He was a French economic journalist.

Boissonnat was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of L’Expansion.

Jean was the author of several books.

He was a faculty member at his alma mater, Sciences Po, from 1960 to 1971.

He was a economic journalist for La Croix from 1954 to 1967.

During 1967, Boissonnat co-founded L’Expansion with Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber.

Boissonnat served as its editor-in-chief from 1967 to 1986, and as its senior editor from 1986 to 1994.

Boissonnat also served as the editor-in-chief of La Tribune from 1987 to 1992. He later founded L’Entreprise.

He was also a commentator on Europe 1.

Also to that, he wrote articles for Le Parisien, Le Midi libre, Le Progrès, L’Est républicain and Ouest-France.

Boissonnat served on the board of directors of Bayard Presse.

He was the author of several books.

He died from a stroke.

Jean Boissonnat passed away at 87 years old.